All language subtitles for Married.At.First.Sight.S17E12.1080p.WEB.h264-EDITH[EZTVx.to]_track3_eng

- ♪ But she fell

♪ She fell from heaven
for you ♪

- Eight great singles decided
to change their lives forever

by getting married
to strangers sight unseen.

♪

- ♪ It's morning

[vocalizing]

- Last time, Michael met
with us, the experts,

to restart his "Married At
First Sight" journey.

- You said, I want someone
really nice, sweet.

- You found a person?

- I think we have.

Are you willing to get married
at first sight again?

- I most definitely am, yes.

[laughter]

- And our remaining
couples celebrated

their one-month anniversary
as husband and wife.

♪

Becca and Austin.

- Glad we made it to a month.

- [laughs]

- Proud of us.

- Love liking you.

♪

- Emily and Brennan.

- I think we're just
taking it day by day.

- Hearing, like,
the day by day thing

one more time
is going to make me snap.

I don't want to resent you.

That will happen
if you don't make changes.

- Clare and Cameron.

- On the count of three,
say you want a divorce--

- Oh, no!
- No!

- Or you want to keep trying.

- I'm scared.

- 1, 2, 3--

- Separated.
- Divorce.

♪

- And tonight,
with less than four weeks

left until Decision Day--

- She is really great
with children,

and seeing that
is very important to me.

- Why do you want
to do the reset?

- I really want to, like,
make sure we give our all

to, like, figure this out.

I wouldn't be here
if I didn't think

there was still room
for us to grow.

- Down the line,
could have developed.

- Who's to say?

- Our couples will have
to overcome all obstacles

in their way to truly know

if they want to stay married
or get a divorce.

- We've tried what we thought
was in our capabilities

and just reached a point where
it's, like, what do we do?

- Since I moved out, I've
developed a heart condition.

Did the stress
of my separation from Clare

lead to this heart problem?

Maybe it accelerated it.

- Past few weeks have been,
like, very, very, very hard.

I can't keep being, like,
treated the way that I am.

- So you want me to faint?

- Oh, my God. You're fine.
You need to [bleep] suck it up.

- Can you not?

♪

- ♪ It's all or nothing

- This is
"Married at First Sight."

- ♪ There's no other way

♪

♪ It's all or nothing

♪

- ♪ I'm a believer

♪

♪ In what I feel

♪

- Waking up in the apartment,

knowing that Cameron and I
are not together,

it just feels strange.

It's something that
we both knew was coming.

It's just--I didn't know how
it would feel in the moments

where I'm just all alone
and...

and that's just hard.

- Every couple has their
own marriage journey.

- This is "Survivor,"
marriage edition.

- [laughs]

- With less than four weeks
left before Decision Day,

it's important for them to
dive deeper into the issues

and concerns
that are surfacing,

as they navigate these last
few weeks before Decision Day.

- [yawns]
- Oh, my.

- And now we rest,

and that's how sleeping works.

- [laughs]

That's how living goes.

- Yep.
- In case you didn't know.

♪

- I was just so mad with
Brennan last night.

And on top of everything else,
Brennan didn't text me.

And he usually says bye to me
when I'm, like,

sleeping in and he didn't,
so I texted him, like,

when he was coming home
tonight?

And yeah,

he basically was just
upset with me

acting crazy last night,
whatever that means.

He put up a wall,
and he's finding a way

to find a reason
for this to not work.

And while he says
he's not running,

and that's something he's done
in the past, like, to me,

it feels like he is.

But he doesn't know it,
which is the issue.

I just don't feel like we--

I just feel like we could
not be here right now.

And I won't lie
when I say, like,

the past few weeks have been,
like, very, very, very hard.

♪

And I think it's, like--
it's not like it's hard for me

in different ways
that I don't--

and I think part of the issue

of why I feel it's been
we're in this position,

he just doesn't fully,
like, understand

or hear me when
I'm trying to, like,

tell him a lot of this stuff.

And it--like,
I just can't be with someone

and love someone who doesn't,

like, show me more effort
that I know that I deserve.

Just have a problem
with the way

he makes me feel
and talks to me sometimes,

and it's, like, really sad.

It is. It's very sad.

♪

- ♪ Be with you, I can relax

♪ Because I know
you've got my back ♪

♪ Backs, backs

♪ You've got my back

- Ooh.

- Welcome to a photo studio.

- Look at this.

- This is one of the photo
studios that I shoot at.

- Ooh.

Photo studios.
- Yeah.

So I thought--
- I love that.

- I could teach you
a thing or two about

taking some pictures.
- Great.

- Shall we take a seat?

I think it's awesome to show
Austin, like, my passion.

It's not only just my hobby,
but it's also my career.

And I think it's an important
part of a relationship.

♪

[gasps]
And I have a surprise for you.

- Hi.
- Hello.

- We have some subjects
that we can shoot.

- [laughs]
- Hi.

- Hi.

- Oh, my goodness.

Look at you--
- Surprise!

[laughs]

- It's good to see you.
- 'Sup, punk?

- You do get to see Austin.
- Found it.

Found it.
There it is.

There we go.
- [giggles]

- But I thought
we could photograph

some of your friends.
- Sure.

- Oh, my goodness.

And the cutest subjects
in the world.

- ♪ Take a snapshot

- Pee-ew!
It smells like poo!

- [giggles]

- ♪ Moment tonight

♪

- Stop watching you?

OK, I won't watch you.

But you're going to have
to watch my booty.

- [giggles]

- You're going to have
to watch my booty.

The ABCs,
can I sing it with you?

♪ D, E, F, G

- She is really great
with children.

And seeing that
is very important to me.

- What is this finger doing?
- You like that?

- Get that out of here.

- Get that out of here.

- Thats an at-home thing.

- [giggles]

- I would be lying if I, like,
I said that I hadn't really

ever thought about how
we were going to, like,

raise children together,

even though we have, like,
different beliefs.

But seeing her in her element

really, like,
opened my eyes to, like,

how good of a parent
she could be.

And I hope that we can,

hopefully, come to, like,

some sort of agreement
about religion,

because if we were
to start a family,

it would be really awesome.

- Ashley, if you want to do,
like, some little Eskimo kisses

with him,
just a little nose nuzzle.

- Becca is sunshine
in a bottle.

So I think she would be
excellent with children.

- We got ourselves
a big old rattle fish.

- [laughs]

- She comes across as

a legitimate
child whisperer to me.

- ♪ Shake your booty

- Seeing these interactions,
she just totally,

like, blew me away.
She's awesome.

- What happens
if mommy and daddy kiss?

Should we see
if mommy and daddy kiss?

[gasps]
Oh!

- [laughs]

- That's his thumb.

Do you have a thumb?

That's your thumb?
- Close.

- [giggles]
Thumbs up, dude.

Oh, those are so cute, Austin.

- You guys can take them
anytime you want.

- [laughs]
- I'm ready for him.

- [giggles]
- [chuckles]

♪

- Clare and Cameron
decided to separate

after their one month
anniversary.

So I want to check in
with them

to see if there's anything
I can do to help,

and make sure that they've
truly exhausted all options.

[line ringing]

- Hello?
- Hi, Clare. It's Dr. Pia.

How are you?

- Um,

Cameron is, like,
not doing the best.

And so I just--yeah.

I've been better.
[chuckles]

He has, like, some--

some health concerns
going on right now.

And so I was apprehensive to
even have, like, a phone call

just because I feel like,

you know, I don't want
to focus on the relationship

when the number one thing
is his health at this time.

- Anything that I can do
to help support you

as you're supporting him?

- Um...

[crying]
I don't know.

I just feel, like, guilty.

- Oh, no.

- Yeah, I just feel sad
that he's in this position.

And I just--I don't know.

I just feel sad for him.

- Yeah.
Tell me about the guilt.

Why are you feeling guilty?

- [sniffling]
I just feel sad that,

like, you know, he's been
so stressed about all of this,

that, like, maybe
it's caused him to have,

like, these health concerns.

And it's not fair.
- Mm.

Mm-hmm.
It's not fair.

And I mean, you don't have
to go into details with me

as to what
the health concerns are.

I want to, you know,
respect his privacy with that,

though I can't imagine

that you are to cause
any of this.

- Yeah.

I mean, I know that
it's not my fault.

- Yeah.
- It's just--

I just feel sad for him.

- Sure. Sure.

Has he shared with you
how he needs you

or wants you to show up
for him, or support him?

- He said that the way
that I can help him

is to just stop worrying
so much,

which is typical
for him to say that.

- Mm-hmm.
- You know?

But I think he is so strong
that it's just--

it's hard when I know

he's trying to feel strong
and I just--

I can't be strong
for him right now

because I just feel so bad.

Like, you know,
we are separating.

And so I just feel like,

what role does he want me
to play, you know?

It's just--
- Yeah.

- I feel confused
about that right now.

- Yeah.

And I can understand wanting
to give him time to process.

Who do you have
to support you right now

as you're managing
your emotions?

- You know, I have my family.

I have--I just talked
to my mom earlier.

And yeah, so I have
a lot of support.

And I'm grateful for that.

And--and it just makes me sad
thinking, like,

Cameron's family is not here
either, and so--

- Ah.

- When I think about
the support I have,

I think about the familial
support that he doesn't,

and that also makes me sad.
- Sure.

I'm curious if you might
be able to offer him

the support of your friends,
your family, your network,

so that he doesn't feel alone.

- Yeah.
Yeah, definitely.

I'll definitely
offer him that.

- Yeah.

- I want to support him
in any way that I can.

It's just--it's hard.

♪

♪

- Trying to get
my heart rate down.

I've developed
a heart condition.

The doctors don't really
have much to say,

other than I'm going to need
a procedure done on my heart.

It's going to be sometime
in the next couple of weeks.

Did the stress of my
separation from Clare

lead to this heart problem?

Yeah, yeah.

It's probably something
that was going to happen.

Maybe it accelerated it.

So I haven't been
doing anything.

Walking, meeting people,
gets my heart rate over 100,

and that's where
I'll be causing

permanent damage to my heart.

So, you know, I haven't
been meeting with experts.

I haven't been doing
anything really.

♪

I guess it's just
not gonna go down.

♪

- ♪ Oh

♪ It's on the outside
of the fire ♪

♪ I got to get
my heart's desire ♪

- So Lillie is on her way over

and we're going to have
a little chat.

And I texted her yesterday
'cause I was so upset.

So it'll be good
to have her opinion there.

[knocking on door]

♪

Honey!
- Hi.

- Oh, [indistinct].

- How are you?

- You know, just hanging on.

- [laughs]

- I'm making us a salad
'cause I'm starving.

- Oh, nice. Healthy.

- No, it's because
I realize, like,

I haven't had arugula
in so long,

and Whole Foods always has it.
- Nice.

Oh, your prosciutto one.

Nice.

- How was your day?

- It was long.
- Yeah.

I'm happy that we finally
just have us time

since I haven't seen you.

Brennan's, like,
why are you talking to Lillie?

I'm like,
I don't think you understand.

This is so taxing.

And, like, literally,
like, even the other day,

like, everything changes
in a day.

- Yeah, we'll need
to unpack that.

From what I've heard, things
might not be going as well.

- Um, so, like,
want to migrate to the couch?

- Yeah.

- You know, I'm just going
to bring the bottle of wine.

Because realistically,
that's going to be gone.

Um...

♪

Where was I?

So we have, like,
our one month dinner,

and I, like, lost my cool.

And like, it's just,

I don't deserve
these lack of responses--

you looking miserable

when other couples
are getting divorced

and they're talking
more than us.

If I'm not carrying
the conversation,

and, like, the same answers,
"we're taking it day by day,

and, like, we have fun."

I'm, like, I just don't
deserve that at all.

- Do you think
he's not showing up,

or he's just, like, he's
doing the best that he can,

but it's, like,
just not enough for you?

- I think it's--like,
I know he has this in him

and that he's better than this.

I'm just not--like,
I'm tired of being this drain.

And, like, him just--yeah,
not really showing any effort.

It's embarrassing,
and it's, like,

getting to the point,
like, I feel stupid.

And he never even knows when
I'm upset, which is scary.

I'm, like, everyone clearly saw
I'm either smiling or I'm not.

For someone, like--
that's another problem,

is they have to tell you
I'm upset.

And I'm like,
are you [bleep] kidding me?

And that was literally
the last straw.

And then you're telling me
that now you need space,

when that was never the plan?

I'm never going to win.

- And he wouldn't give you
any further details?

- Um, he came to me
with a solution.

- It's like--it's just
very much on his terms.

- Well, why do you want
to do the reset?

- I mean, for me,
I really want to, like,

make sure we give our all
to, like, figure this out.

I really do think he cares, but
he has no idea how to show it.

- Yeah, I guess that's
just, like, the thing that

I feel like I've been continuing
to say to you is, like,

why are you trying so hard
when he's not,

or doesn't seem to be?

- Because I know
how he felt before.

And I just don't believe him
in all of this.

Because I was, like--
something switched,

and I think he, like,
put a block or a hurdle up

that has, like,
created these issues

when things were, like,
progressing in the right way.

- I mean, it's--
- And it's exhausting.

- It's definitely, like, not
great to be in a relationship

with someone that doesn't make
you feel great about yourself.

I think you should
use the time to, like--

try to step back because
that's the hardest thing to do

in a relationship,
is when you're in it,

it's, like, so hard
to know what's happening

and what's going on.

Focus on how you can be better.

- And that's what
I told him last night--

- Yeah, and use it as, like,
a growing opportunity.

- I said I wouldn't be here
if I didn't think

there was still room for us
to grow individually

and collectively, and, like,

if you keep not even
giving me, like,

the respect as a friend,
that's where, like--

and we keep going
at the rate we're going,

like, I can't keep doing this.

- Yeah.

- ♪ Got to make a change

♪ Got to find a way

♪

- After Michael's
first wedding

didn't even get past the altar,
we wanted to know

if he was willing
to take another chance.

Would you want to face
that moment again?

- I would 100% do this again.

- My fellow experts and I
took some time to dive deeply

into the pool of singles
who had originally

applied to be matched.

- I've lived
an unconventional life.

I'm ready to meet my partner
in a really unconventional way.

- The first time around,
we thought it was important

to take into account Michael's
elevated style and taste.

- He definitely needs a wife

that's going to be appreciative
of his unique flair

and standout personality.

- How's she going to feel
about his Gucci--

- And his Versace? Yeah.

- You know,
all his brand names.

He loves to live large
and beautifully.

- Right.

- But after we spent
more time with Michael,

he opened up to us about what
he truly wants in a spouse.

- I think maybe what
I didn't articulate as well

is how much I appreciate,
like, silliness, too.

- Mm.
- I know it doesn't

come out here as much,
but I'm a pretty silly person.

But I would also reiterate
that sweetness, like--

yeah, you might be
a hard ass at work,

but there's that sweet nature

that really you foster
inside of you.

- After making those qualities
our top priority

for finding Michael
a new match,

we realized that we already had
the right woman for him.

- I'm going to go
to bat for Chloe.

- Mm-hmm.

- Because I think they
could be a power couple.

And also, I think she's--
she's much--she's very sweet.

- Well--
- She's very kind.

- She's very sweet,
and I like that about her.

- I really did like Chloe
in the interview.

And I got to do her home visit.

I think she is an
All-American sweetheart, right?

She's the philanthropist.

Being in her house,
it was very minimalistic.

Everything was just
right, just so.

- [giggles]
- And why no--

why no nightstand?

- Um, because I'm a minimalist.

- You're a minimalist.

- And I hate the aesthetic of
just, like, chunky nightstands.

- OK.

So there's a certain level
of rigidity that she has.

I think that she is
desperate for marriage.

She is desperate for love.
- She is. She is.

- I mean, she's really
in this for real.

- I'm just ready
for a good man.

I'm 39.

I've been dating for
a really long time.

And I've just been
on the hunt for that man

that was going to be
an amazing match for me.

- What kind of partner
are you going to be?

- As empathetic as I can be.

I'm the person that just wants
to love and be loved.

- Yeah.

- And so I'm here in hopes that

we can find that person

who also wants to love
and be loved.

- I think she's
such a great woman.

She's so warm, and so calm,
and so, you know,

empathic that
I think she deserves

someone to dote on her.
- She does.

- And maybe she just hasn't
had that experience yet.

- Based on the
three core traits

that Michael realized
were essential for him

in a partner,
we decided that Chloe

is the better choice
for Michael.

And we feel that Chloe, who is
looking for a man with heart

and substance,
would do well with

an eccentric and articulate
professional like Michael.

We're sure that she should
have been standing at the altar

the first time.

- If you asked me
in my early 20s

what I wanted in a man,
what I wanted then

and what I want now are two
completely different things.

I have an opportunity to do
something I've never imagined

in my life doing ever.

Really thinking about being
married at first sight...

- Oh, my God.

[chuckles]
Really?

- I'm that person that
for my whole life,

I wanted to exude
this very specific image

of being super successful,
and super capable,

and able to take on the world,
and didn't need anybody.

I think that's why I ended up
being in the relationships

with the men that I was in

because they were perfect
on paper.

- You're always in control
of everything in your life.

And this time--
- Not going to have control.

- You have zero control.
- No control.

- And that's the beauty
of it, I think.

- I just think that now
to be at this place,

it just makes sense.

And if it all
comes to fruition,

I feel like I'm going to
have one heck of a story

when we're 90 looking
back on our lives.

- All of us will.
- It's like wow.

[laughter]

- Hi, everyone.

Can I join you?
- Hi.

- Good to see you.
- Oh, my goodness.

Hi.
[laughs]

- Well--yes?

I can sit down?
- Yes.

[laughter]

- Chloe, you're so rude.

[laughter]

- So you are all friends
of Chloe's, right?

- We are.

- Best friends.

- So I am, you know, an expert
in "Married at First Sight."

And I'm here with good news.

- I'm going to throw up.
[laughs]

- Throw up is not
the response I want here.

[laughs]

You are going to be a wife
in a couple of days.

- Ah!
- [gasps]

- I know.
I know.

- Oh, my God!

- You are going to be
married at first sight.

- Is that really happening?
[laughter]

- ♪ Because I get what I want
when I want it, that's right ♪

♪ Brand new car, better
tell him that's mine ♪

♪ Brand new girl,
girl, that's my life ♪

- I really am a bleeding heart.

So I took the nonprofit
route in life.

And so I am the senior
director of development

in the nonprofit sector.

I feel like
I can be passionate

just about anything.

But for me,
I love all animals.

Like, I would rescue a raccoon

if I didn't think
it would give me rabies.

So I've had 10 senior pups

in the past seven years.

Anyone that needs a home,
deserves one with me.

- ♪ Can lead the life
of my dreams ♪

- I am what I consider
a recovering perfectionist.

Whatever I felt I needed to
be at the time, I went for it.

And I went hard,
you know, from having

the perfect apartment,
and the perfect car,

and the perfect job.

And so I spent a lot
of time making sure

that I never made mistakes.

I was a 4.0 student all the
way through my senior year

of college.

And I realized now
I spent so much time

focused on the destination.

I didn't have any fun
with the journey.

- ♪ You just caught
my attention ♪

- So when I think about
my previous relationships,

I absolutely, unequivocally,

projected my own
perfectionist tendencies.

And because of that,

partners I've had
have never been as open.

I think it boils down to
an emotional unavailability.

They weren't as available
as I needed them to be.

And therefore,
that translated into

probably some pretty
unnecessary conflict.

- ♪ Don't need
another heartbreak ♪

- I was working obscene hours.

And I realized that with
every single passing moment,

I was working myself
to absolute death.

♪

Now, I try to find the fun
in every situation

no matter how boring
and dull it might be.

- ♪ Cause I'm alive

- And I love being
moved by the world.

So I really try
to immerse myself

in all of the things
that allow me to feel

every single last emotions.

I am more ready for marriage
than I've ever been.

I am excited about
what I have to offer.

And there's really no better
time to find that partner

than when you're whole.

There's nothing I want
more than the thought

of growing super old together
and dying "Notebook" style.

Like, we're both just
cuddled up in bed,

and we say that's it,
it's over.

Cut scene.
That would be awesome.

♪

I am obviously
a little overwhelmed,

and deeply, deeply, deeply,
deeply grateful.

- What about you made you pick
this journey in the beginning?

- I am a very strong woman,
very independent woman.

I'm also really,
really ready for a partner,

and someone that wants
to do life with me.

And I feel like
I haven't found the right ways

to find a partner.

And you get to a point where
you're like, well, dang,

I don't think
I want to try anymore.

This is crazy.

I think it's crazier
not to do it.

- Truth.

- Well, OK,
so what would you say

that Chloe has to watch out for

in order to be successful
in this marriage?

- I would say you
always need to have

an open mind to every argument
that you guys might have.

Open mind, open heart,
being a good listener--

that's very important.

- You mean,
I can't be stubborn?

And when I don't want to
talk about it, slam the door?

- Well, you can do that.
[laughter]

What's going to happen after?

Based on what we said or not,
what we just say--

- I think...

♪

Letting go.

I've been in control of every
decision I've ever made.

I've been in control of
everything I've ever done.

And--
- Yes.

- And I think just letting go,

and feeling safe enough
to allow someone in,

someone that wants
to take care of me,

someone that wants
to be with me,

someone that wants to love me.

And so now instead of being
the person that's like,

oh, gosh,
this is going really well.

When's the other shoe
going to drop?

It's settling into, wow,
this is going really well.

And it's just going to
keep going really well.

- All three of us experts
really think the world

of your future husband.

- That's reassuring.
That's--really is.

- And I--100% behind that.

I think the man
you're going to marry

has great capacity for a role
as a husband and partner.

I really do.

- Does he know
we're getting married?

- He doesn't know who
he's getting married.

- But he knows
he's getting married.

- He knows
he's getting married.

- Oh, my gosh.
- And he's all for it.

And I believe he is completely
committed to this process.

We felt that telling Chloe
about the unique circumstances

of her marriage beforehand

would create a lot
of unnecessary doubt

about the potential
of the marriage.

If she came into this marriage
with uncertainty,

she might put up walls that
would prevent her from getting

to know who Michael really is,

and hurt their opportunity
to have a lifetime together.

- Well, we trust you
to find her husband.

So thank you so much.
- That's done.

- There you go.
There you go.

- The hard work is done.

Now it's putting
the actual work in.

- Check.

- I've never been more
excited about anything

in my entire life.

♪

♪

- Ready, honey?
- Mm-hmm.

- It's fish time.

Be free.

- Yeah, sink that bad boy in.

Oh, it's still in there.
Still in there.

- Ah! Oh, God.

I almost killed him.

- All right.

- Look at how much space
you guys have!

- [chuckles]

Not trapped in
a plastic bag anymore.

- No.

- Becca and I, we both want
to raise children together,

but I think, you know,
taking that leap right away

might be, like,
a little challenging.

- Hi, honeys.

- So we are substituting
a kid for a couple fish.

- Hey, little ladies.
- It's the main one.

Come on, come up to the top.

Come eat your food.

- Perfect.

They said if whatever's
not gone in three minutes,

we take out.

Wow! Look at 'em eat!

- I know.

- What is fish food?
'Cause it smells like fish.

- They go up.

- It's shrimp.

- Shrimp flakes.

- So they're--
they're cannibals.

- Carnivores.

- No, cannibals.

Isn't a shrimp a fish?

No.
- Yeah.

- Mm, I already
said that out loud.

- [chuckles]

- Chicken of the sea, baby.

It's fun to watch them.

- You definitely got to have
everyone up to see them.

- Yeah.

Like, when you have a new baby,
and you have, like, a--

- Baby shower?
- Christening?

- A christening?
- A baptism.

- Oh.

- I'll let us baptize our fish.

- [chuckles]
Interesting.

All right.

- The power of shrimp
compels you.

We'll be in the other room
if you need us.

♪

- Since I saw you last,
a lot has gone down.

[chuckles]
- Yeah.

- And Cameron and I,
you know, have separated.

Um,

so now I'm just kind of,
like, hit with the reality

of that, you know?

- Yeah.

- We realized we needed
a time to just, like, be alone.

- Yeah.

- Because I think
it was just getting to--

not a toxic point, but just,
like, we were too in our heads.

It just did not
feel right for us.

- Right.

- And so we were like,
we need to take time

to just, like, separate.
- Yeah.

- And so that's where we're at.

And then on top of that,

he's having, like,
health concerns.

And so it's like, you know,
we talk and I check in.

And I'm trying to be
as supportive as I can.

- Yeah.

- But I just feel like we're
very much distant right now.

And so that feels
kind of strange

to go from, like, literally
being with someone 24/7.

- Totally.
- All the time,

talking all the time,
to just nothing.

- Also, not even 24/7.

But the first time you meet,

and then you're with someone,
like, 24/7.

- Constantly.
- Like, that's really crazy.

- It was not a gradual thing.

It was like boom,
we're together,

and now boom,
we're apart all of a sudden.

- Totally.

- So it feels like empty
and a little bit sad.

- So since you and Cameron
have been apart,

like, how has
that been for you?

- There's good parts,
and there's bad--

- Yeah.
- Parts.

The good parts are
it's like, wow,

I'm getting moments
to reflect.

I now have that space
to be like,

oh, this is what happened
in the past couple of weeks

where when I was in it,
it was hard to see beyond that.

- Yeah.
- And I think, you know--

the bad part of it
is just, like, it is sad

because to go
from conversation

and feeling very open
with another human being,

and having that reciprocated,

like, that was
a really good feeling.

And then all of a sudden,
it was like,

all right, that's gone.
- Yeah.

- Later.

I hope you had fun with that
because it's gone.

And it's like whoa,
that just--

it was a little
too immediate for me.

It might have not
have gone maybe

how we wanted it to,
or maybe expected it to,

or hoped it to.
- Yeah. Mm-hmm.

- But it did go a lot better
than it could have, you know?

- Totally. Totally.
- He's a nice guy.

- Right.
- You're lovely.

You guys seem to get along.

And I think that that's
really important as well.

- This person is an
important person to me.

And so the relationship
I wanted to continue to develop

is just, like,
the checking in,

the supporting, the being there
for one another,

and he doesn't really
have family here

to support him
during his medical stuff.

- Totally.

- And so if I can be
any source of that--

I mean, I got a whole family
here, who's ready to love,

support,
and I think part of that

is, like, maybe we were meant
to be in each other's life,

you know?
- Yeah.

- So I'm looking beyond just,
like, the marriage title.

You know?
Because it's--our relationship

is so much more
than that title.

You know, there's some
sort of, like, man,

I wish this could have been
a relationship kind of thing.

Like, he was all the things
that I asked for.

He was goofy, you know, smart--
- Athletic.

- Athletic, genuine, outgoing,
and a kind person.

It's just
the compatibility part.

- Yeah.

- And so for me, I'm mourning
the loss of what I thought

could be, you know,
an eternal marriage.

- I think what makes a good
relationship, in general--

- Mm-hmm.

- Is having some type
of friendship.

- Right. Right.
- You know?

Down the line,
could have developed.

- Who's to say?

♪

Yeah.

- ♪ Oh

♪ You changed my heart

- Hi, there.
- Hello.

- Good to see you.
- Good to see you.

- Don't you look gorgeous.
- Thank you.

This Dr. Pepper visit
is going to be interesting,

considering we haven't
spoken too much

since the one month dinner.

It was Brennan's idea to,
like, do a little reset.

And I'm simply just
going along with that

because I think this will
be our best opportunity

to figure this out.

So I really, like, honestly
am hoping she can help us

navigate this marriage.

- I understand that it has

not been exactly
a romantic time.

Tell me about what's been
going on with you two.

- We've tried, you know,
to the best of our abilities

what we thought
was in our capabilities

and just reached a point
where it's like, what do we do?

Do we just reset
and try something fresh,

and just take the pressure off,
and just enjoy each other and--

- Could you define
reset for me?

♪

- Like,
literally starting from,

hey, I'm Brennan,
hi, I'm Emily.

And going from there.

Just making sure that
we're not crossing boundaries.

And we're establishing those

and respecting
each other's boundaries.

- OK.

What are the boundaries
you have

that need to be respected?

- Just being cognizant
that it's OK to take time

for yourself through all this.

And I think it'll be
good for us to do that.

So just respecting that,
and not, like,

making it seem like
it's a big deal or anything.

So instead of focusing
on the marriage,

just focus on the friendship
and take all the pressure off,

and do something
completely different

than what is expected of us.

- OK.

So when you say
focus on the friendship,

is this--by the way,

is that what you also think
reset means?

- Yeah.

I think, like,
with some less pressure,

that'll be our best opportunity
for us to, like,

say we tried everything,
and for time to just naturally,

like, clarify
what our future is.

- OK. Just trying to get
what we're doing here.

- Yeah.

- When you say friendship,

you know, I think of
two kinds of friendships.

- OK.

- I think of people I hang out
with, I enjoy, et cetera.

And then I think of my
really close friends.

Those are really
meaningful friendships.

- Yeah.

- Which of these two
are you two talking about?

- I think we're
figuring that out.

Because we don't
want to give up.

And that was--

the last thing we could think of
in terms of a solution, so...

♪

- Yeah, I think what's most
important is, like,

we just want to be
in each other's lives.

♪

- I mean, obviously,

what we want is something...

[chuckles]
More, um,

of a romantic bond.

- Yeah.
- Yeah.

- But--but sometimes that
doesn't immediately happen.

- Mm-hmm.

- Tell me a little bit

about what you really like
about each other.

Give me five things that

you think are really great
about her.

- Um...

♪

I think she's really caring.

Um...

Uhm...

♪

I think she's really awesome
to hang out with.

Um, and I think we just
have a lot of fun together.

So I appreciate her
for all those things.

- Um, I would say
you are caring, loyal,

smart, funny, and trustworthy.

- I like your list a little
better than your list.

[laughs]
- That's usually how this goes.

- Is it?
- I use more words.

- Obviously,
we're starting off in a place

we don't like to start off in.

♪

But given that
there are things

that you really like
about each other,

I think maybe
what we try and do

is build an intimate
friendship here,

to know, and like, and respect
each other even more.

You know, hopefully,
it can build

another way through
liking and enjoying

that person's company.
- Yeah.

- Where all that is.
- And, like, I want to be clear

that, like,
I still have some sort of hope

because of our strong
emotional connection.

- She talks about a strong
emotional connection.

Do you feel that as well?

- Yeah, absolutely.

- So what is it
about each other

that creates the strong
emotional connection?

- I think it's our values.

You know,
we have the same goals

on how relationships
should be, you know,

raising kids, religion.

So it just makes it really
easy to talk about stuff.

- I think we have a lot
of room to grow there

and, like, continue
to, like, build that.

And that's what we were
going to work on.

I think that has to build
in order for us

to fully understand
if this will or will not work.

- Well, I think my hope for you
would be to keep discovering

things about each other that
are meaningful and important,

and allow yourself
to be vulnerable--

that is,
to say things about yourself,

or share things about yourself.

I think part of what you
should do is a fishbowl.

You put a lot of questions
in the fishbowl

that you can ask each other.

They're all values, thoughts,

experiences, sharing.

♪

There's a whole life
to draw in here.

And then I would say is
to have fun, share a lot,

be vulnerable, be kind,

and remember all the good things
about this person.

- ♪ I will walk
through the fire ♪

♪ Yeah

♪

- How do you think
tonight went?

- Good.

Yeah.
- Yeah.

- I think tonight went
as well as it could.

I think this will be
our best opportunity

to figure this out--what exactly
we are at the end of this.

And hopefully, we are able to
get romantic, stay married.

I feel, like,
if you feel good about it,

I feel good about it.

- I feel great.
- Mm-hmm.

- I thought she was really
sweet and reflective.

And I liked her tasks, so...

- I think these are tasks
we absolutely should do.

- Yeah.

- They're very attainable.

- Something to look forward to.

- Mm-hmm. I agree.

♪

In order for this to work,
he needs to still be vulnerable

and he still needs to be open.

If we're going
to do this reset,

like, we really have to do it
and do it right from the start.

♪

- So I got rid of all
the old wedding gifts.

I wanted to really kind of,
you know, reflect my commitment

and dedication to this journey.

For me, it's really been about
setting the proper tone,

especially this time around.

I really want to seize
that opportunity

to get her excited,
to get her happy,

to let her know that this is
going to be a great journey

for the both of us.

- ♪ Something, baby,
that way you move ♪

♪ Yeah, it's so good,
so right ♪

♪ It's that look
in your eyes ♪

- Hi.
- Hey.

- Welcome to
[indistinct] Bridal.

- Hi. Thank you.
- Hi. I'm Toby.

- I'm Chloe, the bride.
- Nice to meet you.

- [giggles] Oh, my gosh.

I never in
a million years imagined

I would be
wedding dress shopping.

[cork pops]
- Ooh.

- Yeah.
- Fabulous.

- I pictured when
I met my partner

and we decided to commit
to one another forever

that we would be eloping
on a mountaintop somewhere.

So very nervous about
finding the right dress,

but I'm also really excited.

What is calling out?

I just know it's going
to speak to me.

I'm just going to walk by it,
and it's going to call out.

- It will. Yes.
- Say, Chloe, I'm here.

- [chuckles]
I was made for you.

- I was made for you.

Just like your
soon-to-be stranger husband

was made for you.

I can feel it.

The fact that I'm here,
and now,

looking for my wedding dress,

getting ready to have
this amazing wedding

with the man of my dreams.

It's kind of surreal.

I think I am finally
at a place where

I've learned to stop trying
to control the outcome

and just enjoy the journey.

And that's a little scary.

But it's also something
that's such a great feeling.

I am definitely
more brave and bold

than I should be
in a lot of ways.

But I mean, got me here.
So I am so excited to be here.

I can't believe we're here.
[chuckles]

- I know, but we are.
It's happening.

- We are.
It's happening.

In just a few days.

- So do you have
any insecurities

about when he sees you?

- Oh, every single time,
I think about it.

Every single time--
- Why, though?

- I think about it.
I don't know.

It's like, I know
I'm going to like him.

I can feel it with
every fiber of my being.

I know that the experts
have matched me

with someone that they feel
wholeheartedly is my person.

I know that
with my whole heart.

There's no doubt in my mind.

But what if he's got
this vision of

the wife that he was expecting.

And all of a sudden,
I've got to stand

at the end of this aisle,
looking at this man in the eye.

And he's like, oh, no.

- You're underestimating
yourself.

- Ugh.
- Absolutely.

- Can you stop that?
- It's so scary.

It's just such a scary thought.

And I, more than anything,
just want for him to say,

she's exactly what I want.

- I do.
- I do.

[laughter]

- Oh.
- Me, too.

- Wow, here she comes.

Hope he likes pink.
- Good luck.

- OK.

♪

- You got this.
- I'll be back.

- [chuckles]
Ohh, we'll be right here.

- [laughs]

- She's too calm about--

like, she's keeping it
together really well.

- Yeah.
- [laughs]

- And then some.

When she told me this was
happening, I was like, what?

You're doing what?
- I know.

- Dress number one.
- We're ready.

♪

[gasps]

- You look so cute.
- Wow!

- Gorgeous.

- [chuckles]

- Oh.

- What do you think?
Like--

- [giggles]
I feel like--

- Do you feel like a princess?

- Cotton candy dream.

- That's what I was going for.
[laughter]

She looked like cotton candy.

- I feel like
a cotton candy dream.

What do you think my husband
is going to think?

- I think it definitely
makes the first impression.

That's a statement.

This was--
probably make him feel

a little bit uncertain
of our future.

[laughter]

- Intimidated, for sure.
That's great, that.

- I think that it's a little
bit of a selfish choice.

If I walk out of this,
I've made the day all about me.

I want to make the day
about us.

I think we're going
to keep looking.

- On to the next one.

- Yes.

- I can't wait.

I honestly--I'm so curious
to see, like, what he's like,

and see if he's kind
because I think that's what

we all need in a partner.

And so I can't wait
to see, like,

who she is actually
matched with.

[both gasp]

- Wow!

- ♪ Hello, Mr. Sun,
shining on me ♪

♪ We're dancing on the yard

- Wow. OK.

Now we're talking.
[laughs]

- ♪ Hello

♪ Let's go, Mr. Sun,
keep shining ♪

- I love that one.
- I love that one, too.

- I feel like this is the one.

- I love it.
- That was--

- What do we think?
- My favorite since--

- It's your favorite?
- At first sight.

- Oh.
[laughter]

♪

I can't believe that
in just a few short days,

I'm going to be a wife.

I am terrified of not making
that right first impression.

But perfectionism
has unequivocally

held me back from many
of the relationships

that I could have been in.

I have always been
fiercely independent,

but I'm about to give my all.

I'm about to be raw,
and vulnerable,

and open, and available.

And I'm about to feel
every single last emotion

with this man.

And I've dreamed of the day
that I had someone as committed

to creating
something special as I am.

- How are you feeling?

- I would never have married
a stranger five years ago.

But I've never felt like
I deserve something

more than this right now.

- You do.
You certainly do.

- Let's go get married.

- Let's do it.
- OK.

♪

- It's so pretty.

Thank you.

- Wow.

- Family is really
important to me.

- It's beautiful.

- And as I've gotten closer
with Becca, getting the stamp

of approval
from my parents on Becca

is important because
I think we are capable

of having that storybook love.

- How long did you work here?

- Seven years.

- So what age did you start,
and then finish?

- 19 till like 26?

This was kind of my first job

in, like, a professional sense,
you know?

This is a highly acclaimed
restaurant.

And it definitely,
like, taught me

a lot about food and manners,

and how to, like,
speak professionally.

- And did you serve
the whole time?

- I did everything
but bartending.

- What was your favorite
position that you worked here?

- I valeted the longest.

It was the most fun.

- You were born in Boulder?
- Mm-hmm.

- Yup.
- Born in Boulder.

- Born in Boulder.
- Born and raised.

- He was late, of course.
- Oh, yeah.

- Two weeks.
- High school.

- Just was cozy.
[laughter]

- You better come out of there.

- Yeah. [laughs]
- Yeah.

- Still late to this day.

- Mm. I know it.
- [laughs]

I mean, it was in
both of our wedding--

both--both sides--
- Oh, yes.

- Said that we both run late.
- Yes.

- Maybe they matched you up.
- Yeah, maybe that was it.

[laughter]
- I feel like--

- And one of your
common points.

- Uh-huh.
- Yeah.

- Yes.
[chatter]

- Oh, thank you so much.
- Yes.

Of course.
- Thank you, my friend.

- Absolutely.
- Yeah.

- OK.

- Ooh.
- Wow.

- Absolutely.

So here we have hiramasa, which
is a yellow fish amberjack.

- Wow.
- Enjoy.

- That's--
- For sure.

- Really neat.
- Thank you, Jack.

- Yeah.
- You're welcome.

- Thank you.
- My pleasure.

- So are you still in touch
with the wedding people?

Derek and Bill, and--

- Yeah.

- And your friends
that were there?

- Yeah, so Derek's been
a big part of this process.

He came to our housewarming.

Becca showed me how
to take pictures,

and it was of Derek and Ashley
and their two kids.

- Mm.
Neat.

- Mm-hmm.

Yeah, I taught him how
to use the real camera.

- Where did you do that?

- At a photo studio
that I work out a lot.

- Oh, really?
- Oh, wow.

That's neat.
- Yep.

He did really good.

Like, I think that there are
some of the ones that he--

he took that--
- How did they come out?

- That will be framed,
likely, for them.

- Wow, that's good to know.
You have a good eye.

- Yeah.

- So was Austin
always super social?

Like he is now? Yeah?
- Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.

- Yeah.

- But for only children,
like, that's rare, you know?

- Yeah.
I guess it is.

- Yeah.
- Both of us work.

So he was always in,
you know, childcare.

- Yeah.

- So it's like he had a bunch
of brothers and sisters.

- When Austin went to college,

did he come and see you guys
often still?

- No.
I didn't want him to come home.

I wanted him to have
the whole experience.

- Ooh, boy.

- Your entrée's here.
- Yay.

- Ooh.
- Yum.

- Look at those.

- Looks yummy.
I'm ready.

- Yes.
- You're welcome.

- I love duck.
- Love me some duck.

- Oh, you do?
- I do.

- Suzanne's favorite is lamb.

- My Bubba actually makes
really good lamb chops, too.

So she lived with us
growing up, in Connecticut.

So--
- Oh.

- OK.
- How great.

Where in Connecticut?
- Yeah.

- West Hartford.

- My ancestors
were in Hartford.

We're going to have
to look at our lines.

- Yeah.

Well, my mom knows a lot
about, like, my family lineage.

Because she's a historian.
That's her job.

So--
- We love history.

I fell in love with him
for history.

- Really?
- Yeah.

I love the fact that
your mom loves history.

- Mm-hmm.
It's her job.

It's her passion.
It's like--

- Yeah.
- It's been so interesting.

- That is.
- Mm-hmm.

- Yeah.
- So how are you guys doing?

- We decided to get fish.

So we have two fish.

- That's a big step
in a relationship.

- Mm. Yeah.
- And they must behave.

- You know it's going right
when you get--

- Yeah.
- Each other fish.

- Are they goldfish?

- They're Dalmatian fish.

- Dalmatian?
So they're spotted?

- Yeah.

- Congratulations to
the happy fish parents.

- Thank you so much.

You know, big--big step
in our relationship.

- It is.
It is.

- Well, you have been a very
pleasant surprise for us.

- Yeah. Right.
Blow us away.

- Certainly enjoyed
getting to know you,

and hope to get
to know you better.

- Well--
- Yeah.

- It's great to have in-laws
that are as sweet,

and kind, and supportive.

- We're thrilled, beyond.

- Out of all the ways
that this could go,

this is the best case scenario.

- ♪ I hope this lasts
for a lifetime ♪

- ♪ I'm floating like a dream
through the city lights ♪

- ♪ Rising up above a sky
I painted red ♪

- Even though
I need time for myself

to reset and take some space,

I am also not giving up hope
being in this marriage.

- Don't drop the fishbowl.

- We both didn't want
to give up.

So Dr. Pepper gave us
a fishbowl of questions.

We're trying to work on
our friendship

and that stage
of setting the foundation,

so that now we can just
focus on having fun,

and, you know,
just enjoy each other.

I can go first.
- OK.

- All right.

My boundaries are--

- Oh, so fitting for you.

- Um...

yeah, I think it's just
having enough space

for when we feel like
we need space,

and just taking
the time we need,

and not, like,
pressuring to, like,

hang out all the time,

which I think
we're doing a great job of.

- Mm-hmm.

Next question.

The hardest thing I've had
to forgive is my dad.

I feel like I actually have
a lot of resentment issues

against him, for, like,

pushing me as hard
as he did growing up,

definitely with sports,
and, like, other stuff,

like, decisions he made
on behalf of me

that I didn't have a say in,
that I didn't think was fair,

um, that I feel like
I had to, like, unpack,

and get through
when I lived at home.

He definitely, like,
shaped me to who I am,

but he just crossed the line

of, like, pushing too hard
a lot of the time.

And I had to work
through that in therapy.

♪

- Similarly, my parents,
they're good people.

And I don't think
they've had the best way

of dealing with situations.

There was something I thought
they could have handled better,

you know,
explain that to them,

and go through it,
and I just found myself

getting really frustrated
because there was no, like,

desire to want to work on
those types of things.

And it's hard for me because
I love changing things,

and making things better.

- Um...
[laughs]

[sighs]
I want to be like, hmm, OK.

♪

- Name one thing you've given up
for difficult reasons.

Um...

I've given up trying to have
a relationship with my sister.

It's super hard because
she is my sister.

And obviously,
I want a relationship with her,

but I just got to the point
where it was causing

a lot more suffering
than happiness.

And, you know,
in this part of my life,

I'm really just focused
on my happiness.

You know, I'm not giving up
on the relationship,

but I've given up, like,
making an effort towards it.

- My turn.

I'm sweating.

- If you need a minute,
you can take a minute.

She's ready to go.
- When have you given up

on something that
you wish you hadn't?

Tell me the story.

- [sighs]
Can we pass on one?

- I think it's just, like, when
have we given up on something,

or maybe when have you given up
on something or someone?

♪

- I don't have one for that.

[bleep].

- Sometimes, I wish
I didn't give up on my dream.

And that was to be--

I always wanted
to be Britney Spears.

That wasn't going to happen.

But I really wanted
to do broadcasting.

And I really wanted to be,
like, a sports reporter,

or, like, news anchor.

I just wanted the microphone.

I just wanted to report on TV.

That was, like, my dream.

- [sighs]

One thing I haven't told you,

which would give you much more
insight into who I am.

[sighs]
- Ooh!

That's good.

- Maybe we come back
to that one.

♪

[sighs]

♪

[sighs]

- Why is this so hard?

- Why is it so hard?

Um...

- Like, it's hard, but, like--

- You know, you may
be able to just rattle

really important things off
like it's whatever,

but I'm spending, like,
a lot of thought and it's--

- So am I.
- Um, it's hard.

- Yeah, it is hard,
but this is hard.

This is what this is.

♪

- Putting it on camera, I don't
think it does anyone any good.

So I only want
the good to show.

♪

Is it your turn or my turn?

♪

- You want me to go?

- Yeah.

- What worries you the most
at the moment?

Ooh.

What worries me
in the moment is that...

this reset
and your plan for the reset

is going to backfire.

And it's going to make us
not be civil at the end of it.

- Same.

I am getting tapped out.

I'm losing consciousness.

- We were in here for two hours
the other night.

We'll survive.

♪

- Do you want me to faint?

♪

- Oh, my God. You're fine.
You need to [bleep] suck it up.

- Can you not?

♪

[tense music]

What have you fought
the hardest for?

Tell me the story.

- You ever do push-ups
in a sauna?

- Uh, no, by choice.

- Do you know why you can't
last too long in a sauna

while doing push-ups?
- 'Cause you'll faint? Oh.

- It's the concept
of exerting energy, so--

- I verbally think we're OK,
but thanks for that analogy.

- You don't have
to be like that.

- Because you're making it
like this because it's like

you don't understand, like,
when you act like that,

again, it makes me
feel like [bleep].

What have you fought
the hardest for?

Tell me the story.

Honestly, probably for us,
in this marriage.

- Yeah, same.

Our story, it's been
one for the books.

♪

- My turn?
- Yeah.

♪

- I can be sensitive
about blank, and why?

♪

Sensitive about everything,
and I'm sensitive to everyone.

A lot of times, I think I--

it's because I really care.

Because I never want
people to think that

I'm doing anything, like,
without good intent.

- Yeah.

I think for me,
I get sensitive when

someone questions my character,

or makes something bigger
than what it is.

So, um, yeah.

♪

- So you don't
keel over and die,

should we get out of here?
- Keel over and die?

I was just saying--
you were saying--

I was sitting in the hot tub

and you're comparing that
to, like--

- I'm just basically
being dramatic

because you're being dramatic.

And so I was being dramatic on
behalf of your being dramatic.

- Cool. All right.
Should we head back?

- Yeah.

- ♪ Because of your belief

♪

- I was not expecting
to feel that [bleep],

and somebody told me
to suck it up,

which was interesting to hear.

You know, obviously,
I want her to be supportive,

and caring, and nice,

but, you know, she wasn't.

Not a great feeling
to have, so...

- This is what you do
every time we're filming.

If we're doing something
that's, like,

is vulnerability and something
you know no matter what

they have to get through,
and we're in the hot tub

for, like, two hours
the other night.

We're in the hot tub longer
all the time.

- I'm not exerting energy in
the hot tub just sitting there.

Like, this is straight up heavy
[bleep] and burning calories.

Like, this is a totally
different experience

than a Wednesday night
hot tub session.

- While I still appreciate
and know this is hard for him,

it's--it's just...

♪

Unnecessary.

And it's the round and round,
vicious cycle of just--

it's all about him
and his appearance,

and it's never about me.

- Um--

I'm not giving up.

I just don't think we can even
properly have a marriage

like we're supposed to.

And when he still is answering
questions in the way he is

and acting the way that he is,
regardless of it,

it's just--it's validating
all of my thoughts, and--

what I said, like,
I don't know what the [bleep]

is going to get through to him
at this rate.

- ♪ Do whatever,
whatever it takes ♪

♪ Oh, oh, oh

♪ Do whatever, whatever

♪ Do whatever,
whatever it takes ♪

- ♪ I'ma show you how,
I'm a human DIY ♪

- Next time on
"Married at First Sight"...

- Whoa.

- While Michael's bride-to-be
goes into wedding mode--

- Here we are.

Getting our wedding nails done.

- Come on, come on.

- The remaining couples
find new ways

to further get to know
their spouse.

- Ah!

- I haven't had a relationship
that moves this slowly.

I don't feel, like, as desired
as I have in past relationships.

And it's been difficult.

[tense music]

- Cameron's been having, like,
some--some health concerns.

He is experiencing, like,
heart flutter,

which is very serious.

- Going to Boulder Hospital

for an operation.

- Trying to work through it
with Emily,

which has been
a bit of a challenge.

- Brennan, do you trust Emily?

- Um...

[dramatic music]

♪