RECAP MAFS’ Commitment ceremony was yet another total clusterfuck. Here’s a recap of it all…
BY: Tahlia Pritchard
Welcome back to another episode of Men Behaving Badly aka Married At First Sight.
Tonight’s episode saw one couple finally depart, but it wasn’t because the experts were giving Paul the boot like they should’ve. And no, it wasn’t Awhina and Adrian either, even after their absolute mess of a family and friends visit.
Let’s just take a deep breath together and dive right in.
Tony faces the experts solo before Morena storms in to say her goodbyes
Poor, sad Tony looks as though he gets to say goodbye to the experts by himself after Morena goes “missing” (aka probably held back in a tent by producers). Tony’s acting like he would’ve loved to say goodbye to Morena despite the fact he clearly despises her and her 57-year-old eggs.
With perfect dramatic timing, Morena stormed into the commitment ceremony to also have her last say, just as Tony was warbling on about how hard he had tried in the experiment. “Did you really think I wasn’t going to come?” Morena yelled. “Did you really think I was going to give him the last word?”
Not for a second, Morena.
The best part is when Morena rehashed their wedding day to prove that Tony had been into her, but immediately recoiled when she later mentioned being 57. “You felt there was a connection?” Expert John asked. “Oh my God, there was a penetration!” Morena yelled back.
Honestly, I’ll lowkey miss this woman.
Oh, and good luck with your fatherhood journey, Tony xx.
As the happy couples take to the couch, we catch glimpses of Adrian trying to coach Awhina on the sidelines
We breeze through people like Jamie and Dave, and Rhi and Jeff, because they’re too happy in the experiment, so really, they aren’t doing their jobs properly.
Meanwhile, as they talk about being happy and God’s chosen ones, Adrian is on the sidelines attempting to coerce Awhina into what to say to the experts (which is all super normal and great behaviour). Basically, Adrian doesn’t want Awhina to drop that his whole family behaved like psychopaths, despite the fact it’d all play out on our screens anyway.
Dave calls Adrian out because bloody hell, someone has to
As Adrian and Awhina face the experts, and Adrian starts on his own lecture about how it’s disrespectful to talk about families publicly after inviting his family onto a very public show, it’s Dave who steps in to say he’s not buying Adrian’s bullshit.
Thank GOD. Get Dave on the opposite couch next session.
Dave points out to everyone, including the three psychologists, that Awhina is clearly looking at Adrian for permission to speak and that she is hiding stuff deep down. Adrian then baits Dave to give them his solution, to which Dave does and Adrian says a confused, “WHAT?!” because we all know Adrian doesn’t understand reasonable and rational solutions.
Honestly, you can’t make this shit up. For some reason, Adrian and Awhina both opt to stay, and I really only hope it’s because they know they’re going on a free trip to Byron Bay.
For some reason, Eliot and Veronica choose to stay
Again, must be the free trip to Byron Bay, because don’t forget Veronica hates Eliot and his dumb little trauma stories.
Lauren is horrified at something she caught Clint doing
Meanwhile over in Stepford Wife land, Lauren hints at walking in on a mildly traumatising act that she caught Clint doing. While some people’s minds went to dirtier places (I won’t even tell you what I imagined), the real reason Lauren was so horrified was that she walked in on Clint doing the dishes.
Yuck! Kill him!
In Lauren’s world, alpha men do NOT do dishes and do NOT do anything to help around the house. She even mentioned Clint folded her laundry, which left her more dried up than the Australian Outback.
Clint, it’s time to start beating your chest, growing out those nipple hairs, and taking manly bites into a rare steak (just hands, no knives and forks), all while reading a Jordan Peterson book to assert your leadership dominance.
Good luck.
The experts tell a sobbing Paul he can stay in the experiment
Big mistake! Huge!
Carina tries to excuse Paul’s door-punching ways, calling it a “real relationship” after realising Paul’s extreme reactions meant that deep down he has strong feelings for her. “We are passionate, we’re European,” Carina says as a way of justification, as though all Europeans just go around throwing punches at walls.
“I cannot sit here and listen to this justification from you,” Mel tells Carina. “This is not normal behaviour, sweetheart. This is not how you show love.”
Meanwhile Paul is crying all over Carina’s beautiful outfit and pawing at her constantly, not unlike a toddler who’s just had a tantrum and wants some love from mummy again.
In the end, even though John said he doesn’t “feel good about this”, Paul sobs into a pillow in a bid to stay, and somehow it works because until this, you know, domestic violence incident, the two had been heading in “the right direction”.
The experts allegedly give the couple some “services” to help them move forward and that’s that.
While they’re there, can they sock Adrian the same services?
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