Recap | Married at First Sight on Channel 9 and 9Now (14 Feb)

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We come to you with tonight with some BREAKING news!

Tori’s “hot girl walk” has been ruined, and by none other than our loveable Grinch Timothy.

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So what exactly derailed Tori’s morning stroll?

Well, Timothy thought it was his place to question whether Tori really thought Jack was into her and if their marriage was authentic.

Now, this probably seems a little out of the blue for Tori. But we’re going to take a stab in the dark and say that Timothy brought this up after Jack openly admitted at the grooms’ Intimacy Workshop that he was not sexually attracted to his wife.

But of course, Tori is none the wiser and she’s pretty fired up and ready to put Timothy in his place.

“I literally get paid to argue with cashed up businessmen so if he wants to go, I’ll go,” Tori seethes. We’re not sure if Tori’s job title matches that description but she definitely seems ready to rumble.

Timothy has more than just Tori and Jack to worry about – he’s also helping Lucinda work out how she is going to make her spectacular Dinner Party entrance.

She’s brought along two golden shaker eggs and is planning on laying them. Dinner and a show! Lucinda always delivers.

But if Lucinda is hoping for the coveted best dressed title she better watch her back, because Tristan is also gunning for that position and warns he’ll toss a glass of red wine on his competition.

Here’s hoping that doesn’t happen, because long-time MAFS fans will know exactly how that unfolds… we’re looking at you, Martha.

Cocktail Hour

Things are still frosty between Sara and Tim after the bride bailed on his date for the third time in a row.

There’s dead silence on the drive to the Dinner Party, and unfortunately there’s no one to save them from the painful awkwardness as they’re the first to enter.

What’s even worse is that after almost a full day of ignoring each other, Sara and Tim think right now is the best time to talk about their issue.

“It feels like you’re not taking responsibility for bailing,” Tim begins.

“I need to be heard and I need to be acknowledged. I’ve said it a few times.”

“No you haven’t,” Sara snaps back.

Tim goes to rebut: “YES I HA…” and in walks Lauren and Jono. And well, this is awkward.

It’s not the only uncomfortable entrance.

After Ellie told the other brides about Ben mocking her, they’ve been very sceptical of the groom.

Lauren suspects that they’ll enter the room as if nothing’s wrong, and she’s bang on the money.

EXCLUSIVE: Ben revisits the off-camera moment he ‘mocked’ Ellie and made her question their marriage

The couple prepare to enter and Ben has Ellie rehearse her next steps like it’s a choreographed dance.

Smile. Hold hands. Mingle. Jazz hands.

When Ellie finally lets go of the tight grip of Ben’s hands she explains that there has been yet another incident between her and Ben.

“We went to bed and he said to me, ‘Do you really think we’re a match… because I’m not you’re match’.”

The other brides are in shock, but Ellie says that they’ve since reconciled. How he got out of that one, we’ll never know.

“I think Ben is pulling the wool of Ellie’s eyes and it’s obvious to everyone but Ellie,” Eden tells cameras.

With all the girls rallying behind Ellie, it’s safe to say that Ben is going to be in the firing line and Lauren warns he’s “going to need a bulletproof vest”. Yikes.

Dinner Party

With fire in her belly, Lauren is in the mood to call someone out and Ben has a pretty clear target on his back.

Like the real-life Powerpuff Girls, Lauren, Eden and Sara assemble to fight the crime that is Ben being a right proper jerk to Ellie.

And when they question his behaviour from the past week, Ben drops this bombshell: “I was nearly going to walk out of the experiment.”

Not happy with the way Ben sidestepped her last question, Sara hits Ben with another one.

DINNER PARTY DEBRIEF: Dom and Ella fire up over Ben’s brutal words to his wife

“Ben, do you believe that she is your match?” Sara asks the hard questions.

“Yeah,” Ben huffs with about as much gusto as a pensioner.

Lauren follows up with another question. Does Ben want kids?

“I’m ready at a stage where I’m ready to settle down if kids are after that then…” he says.

Everyone is tired of Ben giving hazy answers.

“I don’t buy Ben’s story, nothing he says means anything,” Jono vents to the cameras..

The matter is put to rest but everyone is worried that Ellie is being blinded by her own rose-tinted glasses.

From one blinded bride to the next, Tori is swapping stories about her steamy Intimacy Week with Jack and Timothy is calling “bulls–t”. Not just calling it, he’s shouting it across the table.

“Jack’s a sexual person, you’re a sexual person and it’s not happening!” he shouts. Why he’s so invested we’ll never know, but it’s absolutely wild to watch.

“THAT’S MY OPINION!” Timothy declares, and immediately those three words no longer belong to Tamara from the Real Housewives of Orange County – they belong to Timothy.

Tori doesn’t care for Timothy’s opinion and scoffs that she and Jack are “leaps and bounds ahead of people who may have even slept together”.

No matter how good of a saleswoman Tori may be, Timothy still isn’t buying it.

Timothy admits that he is guilty of also being a slow burn (as Jack apparently is), but says at least it’s consistent with the rest of his previous relationships.

And on the topic of Timothy’s past romances, Lauren spits out a fun fact that Timothy used to date a 23-year-old.

Love knows no bounds… or age, and who are we to judge? But it’s definitely an eyebrow raiser among some of the other participants.

Timothy conveniently says it’s time to stop looking closely at the finer details. Good call.

Timothy might be done but Tori isn’t, and in a fit of rage she hurls this insult across the table: “Timothy, you don’t even like your wife.”

But in all of this, Lucinda is the one that’s been made collateral damage.

“I feel a bit humiliated…I just wanted to hide a bit in my shell,” Lucinda sighed.

“I felt a bit sick.”

It’s a rough night for anyone named Tim.

And for Tim Jr. aka the one matched up with Sara… he’s had enough. After a difficult few days, his relationship concerns bubble over and we can sense a row is on the cards.

Cassandra validates Tim’s feelings and says if someone cancelled on her date three times she would be “so upset” and would “take it personally”.

But before Sara defends herself she corrects Cassandra and says it’s actually pronounced “Sare-uh” not “Sah-ra”. Stunned.

Never mind the mispronunciation, back to the argument.

Sara has excuses – I mean defences – for all three date cancellations. She says the first two, her and Tim were having bad weeks. The third, well apparently it wasn’t even a properly planned date.

“It was just like, ‘Let’s do something on Sunday,'” Sara says, making little of Tim’s efforts.

“Umm… no! It was like, ‘You’re booked out from 2pm, wear something nice,” Tim retorts.

“No you didn’t!” Sara claps back.

Sick of being spoken over, Tim unleashes like the Hulk.

“YES I DID!”

Uh oh. We’ve seen Sara react when Tim even speaks, we don’t think this will go down well. Everyone take cover.

“Don’t you ever f–king yell at me! You f–king pr–k!” Sara storms off, in tears.

Even though just about everyone might understand why Tim lost his cool, he is beating himself up.

“I shouldn’t have raised my voice, I’m disappointed in myself,” he sighs.

Sara is fuming, but takes no accountability. “I feel like he’s being too needy,” she says as she is consoled by a swarm of women for something she partially caused.

Even Eden and Tori, who are Sara’s closest pals see that “there’s wrongs on both sides”.

“She pointed, screamed and swore in his face as well… I don’t think that it’s fair that Tim gets all the blame for it,” Tori says.

It’s all weighing massively on Tim’s mind and he calls Sara/Sare-uh/Sah-ra over for a chat in the hopes of having a conversation like “adults should”.

Absolutely no one is holding their breath.

After Tim delivers a poignant apology, Sara is still not pleased.

Tim agrees raising his voice “isn’t on” but explains it got to that point because it feels like he doesn’t have a voice.

“Don’t say that!” Sara barks repeatedly.

Sara clearly doesn’t see the irony of telling Tim not to speak when he is begging to have a voice.

“I can’t handle a girl that doesn’t take responsibility for anything,” a defeated Tim admits.

“I’m not overly hopeful for us.”

But we are! And we’ve got our fingers and toes crossed that these two can work it out with the experts’ help.

Luckily, the Commitment Ceremony is just around the corner… we’ll meet you Sunday at 7pm. Don’t be late!

Married At First Sight continues Sunday at 7:00pm and Monday to Wednesday at 7:30pm on Channel 9 and 9Now. Catch up on every episode of MAFS for free on 9Now.

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