OPINION: Tonight’s episode of Married At First Sight NZ sees a shocking turn of events. One bride gaslights herself just days after claiming she’s been “gaslit” by her husband, while another bride is left bamboozled by her dad’s comment about her husband. Make it make sense? Nah, it wouldn’t be MAFS if we did that.
Welcome back to the final week where we pop the champagne because it not only means we can taste freedom, but also because we get introduced to a bunch of family members who ask the questions we’ve been dying to ask all season, like how much KFC is too much KFC? We start things off in Christchurch where Kara’s rounded up the dream team - her former detective father and her best friend to meet her husband Mike. We expect to walk into a dark room with a table, two chairs and some handcuffs in case Detective Dad decides Mike has committed a crime of love. Instead, we visit a house that House and Garden might want to feature in their next issue.
The first rule to being a good detective? Catch ‘em off guard. “So,” Dad says, clearly needing a minute to get used to the fact that his “black, white and beige” loving daughter is now wearing purple. “What prompted you to make the decision to participate in Married At First Sight?” “Ah, it was, like a decision,” Mike replies.
He reads Dad’s face and realises he’s is less sold than a house in the current market. If Mike’s ever going to make a sale, he needs to put the razzle in razzle-daz.