-["No Fear" plays] -♪ What if this feeling is true? ♪
[car horns blaring]
♪ What if we don't make it through? ♪
[dramatic music plays]
[Cole] Zanab!
-[Zanab] Please stop being an asshole. -[Cole] I'm not.
-[Zanab] Yes, you are. Yes, you are. -[Cole] No, I'm not.
[Cole] I'm saying, stop making this like it's me.
You didn't have to walk away, Zay.
I was very truly and honestly sharing my emotions,
and it somehow came down to me being… um, bipolar and, um…
It's unfortunate to be in this place, um, you know,
the last night together before the wedding.
Oh my gosh. I wasn't telling you to leave.
'Cause, like, if you're gonna walk out,
then, like, tell me why and don't say it's because I said a line.
That's not a line, that's me just being me.
I wasn't trying to make a smart-aleck comment.
I did make a smart-aleck comment, maybe. But I was…
[sighs]
I was just caught up in the moment.
We've come way too far to let something petty like
that phrase or that moment end us.
[music fades]
I just feel like I've never felt this from you,
and I just… I just feel like you're done.
And, like, I have hope,
but I don't have hope if you're done, you know?
I'm not telling you that I'm done. I'm upset that we are here.
I'm done fighting.
Like, I'm done with all the terrible interactions we have.
-I don't wanna fight with you either. -I love our good moments. Like, why?
I don't even know what exactly we're fighting about anymore.
I just can't. I can't, like…
I can't sit across from you and, like, convince you of all the reasons, like,
you should marry me.
You've got to come to that all on your own.
I'm not asking you to convince me to marry you.
[emotional music playing]
[Cole] I envision myself marrying you.
That's what I, like, see as best case scenario.
I don't know how we got to tonight from dance lesson and sailboat.
I don't.
[Cole] We had a really bad interaction.
I'm just gonna go ahead and say it was neither of ours fault.
How… How do we end tonight?
Do you want me to sleep somewhere else tonight?
[Cole] No.
I wouldn't be here if I didn't want to stay.
So let's, like, prove to one another that we want this
'cause if we're gonna get married in a couple days,
we need to talk about everything.
["Dive Back Into Love" plays]
[Cole] And I want to assure you,
there is a very, very large part of me that wants to marry you, Zanab.
-♪ It's been hard to let things slide ♪ -[Zanab sighs]
[Cole] A very large part of me wants to marry you.
♪ When following my heart's advice ♪
[Cole] I love you.
I love you. I just kinda hate you a little bit too.
But I think I love you more.
[Zanab] I do think you love me.
If I'm not staying somewhere else tonight, can we go back inside?
♪ Maybe we have worked too hard ♪
♪ To let this just go… ♪
-[Cole] I really do love you. -[Zanab] I love you.
[Cole whispers] I'm sorry.
I'm sorry too.
[Cole] That was really hard, to see you leaving.
I basically gave you every chance to say no, you don't want to marry me.
-[Zanab] Mm-hmm. -[Cole] You didn't.
[Zanab] I would tell you.
If I get up to that altar and you say "I do" and I'm--
[Cole] You're gonna say "I do" too.
[Zanab] Could see myself saying "I do."
♪ Can we dive back into love Love, love, love? ♪
["Let's Get It" plays]
♪ We about to start somethin' ♪
♪ Makin' all the jaws drop and ♪
♪ So all my ladies ♪
♪ Are you ready now? ♪
♪ Let's get it… ♪
[Zanab] So excited.
-[Colleen] Let's make a drink! -[Nancy] Shot o'clock!
I'm so excited that we have our bachelorette party.
I wanna get litty titty at this pool party with my girls.
This wraps up our single life, and let's get to these weddings.
[cork pops]
-Whoo! -[chattering]
[Alexa] Who wants champs? We got three.
-[upbeat music playing] -[Nancy squeals]
-[Alexa] What the-- -[man] Hello, ladies.
Hello. We heard that you all were, um, asking for shots.
What the friggedy frack.
He has tequila. I have the vodka.
-Tequila! -[man] Tequila right here.
[brides] Cheers!
[all chattering excitedly]
[Raven] Oh my golly.
Let's refrigerate those, let's get in the pool.
♪ Let's go! ♪
[squeals]
[overlapping chatter]
[Raven] The guys are gonna be jealous of this.
[Colleen] They're gonna be very jealous.
[Zanab] No, they're going to a saloon.
[Colleen] They're super excited.
[blues rock playing]
[horse neighs]
[Bartise] Let's get it goin', boys!
[Matt] So Brennon tells us to meet him at the hat store.
We're gonna get some cowboy hats and check out a rodeo.
-[Bartise] Hold on! -[Brennon] Let's go!
Hang on, buddy! Try to hold on!
-[horse whinnies] -[crowd exclaims]
-[Bartise] Oh shit! -[Matt] Never really been to the rodeo.
Haven't typically been the one to wear a cowboy hat…
But you know what? Listen, I'm excited. I'm in for new things.
So let's go have some fun.
-Here's to the bachelor party, boys. -[Bartise whoops]
-Cheers. -Let's have a good night, huh?
[horse whinnies]
[crowd exclaims]
Brennon, tell me what's going on here.
They try to stay on them for eight seconds.
[Cole] Welcome to the rodeo, SK.
[laughs]
-Look at this guy. Oh fuck! -Here we go, here we go!
[buzzer sounds]
[crowd roars]
[crowd exclaims]
-Oh shit! -[laughs]
That is insane, bro.
-[bull roars] -[country rock music plays]
[announcer on PA] At this time,
we'd like to invite all the fellas
celebrating their bachelor party
down to the arena floor
for the calf scramble.
-[Bartise] Let's do it. -Goddamn it, let's go.
Yes, Matt!
[laughing]
[SK] I've never been to the rodeo.
[horse whinnies]
There is no way I'm going out there and jumping around in the cattle scramble.
For some reason, I don't really consider it as a ritual
that I need to do to end my "single life."
[crowd roars]
-[Cole] Are you not entertained?! -We're here! Come on for us.
Hell nah. [chuckles]
-[Matt] Come on, baby. -[Bartise] Hey.
About to go in front of everybody and chase some calves,
and we have to take a necklace off their neck.
[Cole] Aw, boys, we gotta be quick or some shit.
I'm not afraid to get dirty. I'm not afraid to get muddy.
Not afraid to do this stuff. I'm competitive.
I like to get after it. Whatever it is, I'm going to win.
[announcer] All right, here we go.
Three, two, one.
-[buzzer sounds] -[gate opens]
[calves mooing]
[Cole] Oh shit! Oh!
-C'mere! -[mooing]
[Bartise] I'm gonna get you. I'm gonna get your ass.
-[Matt squealing] -[mooing]
I'm gonna get your ass! No!
[mooing]
[Bartise] Come on, baby!
[cheering]
[Matt yelps]
[Cole] Whoa! Come here!
[Matt] Ah, fuck!
[crowd roaring]
[Cole yells]
Let's go!
[Cole] There was a tiger. Slayed it. I felt like Leonidas. It was epic.
[dramatic yell echoing]
Fuck!
Goddamn it.
[yelling gleefully]
[crowd noise fades]
-[upbeat music playing] -♪ I want it ♪
♪ I need it… ♪
[Zanab] I'm concerned that we're going to a strip club,
night before our weddings.
I'm so excited. What if I leave Brennon for a stripper?
[music halts]
-I'm not a stripper. -[Alexa] Y'all aren't strippers?
[Raven] You're an exotic dancer?
-Is it the pants? -[Alexa] Where the strippers at?!
-Oh my God. -How excited are y'all for your weddings?
I'm so excited.
The next time we're gonna see our fiancés will be at the wedding.
Has anything changed for you guys? Like, I know y'all been super confident.
I think we're more confident. It just, like, works out so naturally.
And I think for me it's, like, hearing you and your story
has always inspired, like, me and, like, reminded me
where I was with Bartise in the pods.
-[Alexa] Yeah. -[Nancy] And the fact that, like,
shit hit the fan in Dallas.
Like, I definitely was… thinking this is not gonna work,
and he had to go through, like, a lot of changes
of just putting his actions into matching his words.
-[soft music plays] -That's what I love so much about Bartise.
When he says he's gonna do something, he's gonna do it to his fullest.
And, like, I already know what my answer is today,
and I'm not gonna see him until the wedding.
-I know what I'll say. -[Alexa] Know what his is?
[Nancy] I think it went from a no to a yes.
[Raven and Colleen] Aww.
-I'm, like, someone who believes in signs. -[Alexa] Mm-hmm?
And last night, SK,
really cute, got me two fish.
They're kissing fish. So they go… all the time, right?
-Oh, cute. -They're so cute.
So we go to sleep, I'm so happy about the fish, right?
-We go to move out this morning-- -No. No.
And I woke up, and the fish was dead.
Oh my God, I literally saw this coming. I hate this for you.
So I'm like, what does that mean?
[Raven laughs] It's not funny, but it is!
[Raven giggles]
-Colleen, how are things going? -So… we were really good.
-"Were"? -"Were"?
I will tell him that I need more from him,
and he gets upset that I feel that way.
That's an interesting response to saying, "I feel this way."
[Colleen] Like, I told him last night,
"I would take a bullet for you, but I don't know if you would."
[somber music playing]
Well, if you feel like you'd take a bullet for him,
and you're not sure he'd do it for you,
then to me, that's a sign.
[Alexa] I feel like he's so about you,
and maybe he just doesn't, like, know how to express it.
Sometimes guys really are just stupid as fuck.
-[Zanab] Cole does that shit too. -It's just--
It's like I'm trying to tell you how I'm feeling.
And I'm still bothered 'cause Cole's family still doesn't want to meet me.
-They don't care to meet me-- -Haven't met his family?
No, he doesn't-- They want nothing to do with me
unless I marry him.
My parents are out of the picture.
These are the living grandparents that my kids
will spend every holiday with.
This is every holiday for me, moving forward.
And he's like, "They're gonna love you."
But, like, he's had a conversation with them and they've straight up said,
"She's just not the type of girl
we'd see you with."
-What does that mean? -There's something's weird about that.
-Physically, mentally, emotionally? -[Zanab] Physically, probably.
They've never met you. They've seen you on Instagram.
I really don't mean to be an asshole, but, like…
I mean to be an asshole. Something's really wrong.
-Physically? -But what did you say, babe? On Insta?
-They follow you on Instagram-- Crazy. -Yeah, they followed me on Instagram--
-What? -His mom and sister are happy…
Relatives are happy to follow me on Instagram, but will not meet me.
Not even over FaceTime?
Not FaceTime, not phone calls, no nothing.
-Crazy. -I have a lot of words.
I think all of us can agree, like, Cole's…
He's a cute… He's a cute little boy. Okay?
You know what? He's a cute little boy.
And I don't mean to attack your fiancé, 'cause this is honestly…
I feel a little bit like a bitch, but, like, you're so much greater than him.
-[Colleen] Yeah. -Like… Baby, when I say…
-Not just physically, it's the emotional. -[Raven] You are a step above.
Last night, he was like, "I just want someone really nice and really sweet."
And I was like, "I show you things that are sweet and nice every day."
You're one of the nicest people I've ever met in my life.
Every single day I show him.
He had the nerve to ask me if I was bipolar at the dinner table.
Ask him if he is a child.
If I didn't care, I wouldn't have the uncomfortable conversations.
We, like, belly laugh, we have a good time.
Like, we conflict resolution so fast now.
I am so proud of us. Like, I see massive changes in him.
This is the greatest, highest, like,
most, like, awesome, intense, like, love experience, like, ever.
Going into this bachelorette party,
Cole and I probably aren't exactly where I would love to be,
but I have a man I love.
That I think loves me.
[Colleen] I want to get litty as a titty tonight.
I'm just kind of excited to celebrate that I am engaged,
and that I'm getting married.
[Raven] Goodbye.
Single Zanab has had a great run. A great run.
And, um, she's ready to be wifed up.
[upbeat pop music playing]
♪ Had such a strong reaction… ♪
Oh wait! Are we gonna get strippers on this bitch?
So tonight, who's not excited for a bachelorette party?
[Raven] Okay, garter.
[Nancy laughs]
♪ Let go ♪
♪ Shake your body, shake your body… ♪
To me, a bachelorette party and a strip club kind of go hand in hand.
[brides squealing]
[Zanab] You know? If you're getting married
and that's your last chance to see, like, a baby-oiled cowboy,
then, you know, enjoy yourself.
-♪ Ready, set, go… ♪ -[women screaming]
Cole does not want me to look at them, he does not want me to touch them.
Cole has some very strong feelings about it, and as his fiancée,
I will keep those in mind.
♪ Let go ♪
♪ Shake your body… ♪
[Zanab] Don't tell my fiancé I did this…
because I was told not to touch.
I cannot wait to put on a pretty dress for Cole,
and I hope he knows what he wants to say when he sees me in it.
♪ Shake your body, shake your body… ♪
Look at this garter.
How do I not feel like a bride in this garter and this veil?
[music fades]
Are you gonna get married or not? I honestly don't know.
If you're 1,000% ready to marry me,
then why aren't you treating me a little bit better? Like…
I feel like it's back and forth.
Like, one day she might be on, but you're off,
and then you're on and she's off.
-[Cole] That's exactly how it goes. -Yeah.
That's exactly… That's exactly how it goes.
It sounds like y'all have had more struggles than anybody else,
once y'all got engaged.
[somber music plays]
And then it's like, you guys are… You guys are trending.
You guys are going in the right direction.
We're romantically into each other.
Like, we want to have sex together.
I love the way she looks, I love the way she acts.
We laugh together.
We've had the most amazing dates and moments together.
If she can look me in the eyes, and I can tell how much this means to her,
and if this is heart-level shit for us, then we're married.
If we just aren't there,
we're not getting married, man. It's that simple.
We've got some talking to do, we've got some praying to do.
I've got some thinking to do.
But I'm gonna be standing on an altar with a girl that I love.
If Zay and I say "I do," and if we're married,
I think we'd have an amazing life together.
If we say "I do,"
dude, it could be the greatest decision of our lives.
Y'all know me pretty well.
I'm not the type of guy to back down 'cause there's problems.
I mean, she genuinely wants to marry me,
and I'm gonna want that moment of greatness.
Come wedding day, I'm gonna want to marry her.
-[pulsing dance music playing] -[women screaming]
[Alexa] If Brennon said no at the altar, I would literally fucking kill him.
But, like, I feel so confident in our relationship.
Like, Brennon and I are the best, and I feel sorry for everybody else.
Whoo!
We are so happy, man. It's like a honeymoon phase.
I don't worry about it, but at the same time,
you know, it's always that kinda concern in the back of your head.
It's that we haven't had an argument. We haven't had a fight.
So how are we gonna act--
-Don't look for it though. -No, I'm not trying to.
You don't know how your first argument or fight is gonna happen.
-Yeah. -There's no way to prepare for that.
I'm not trying to look for an argument or a disagreement--
No. Ease yourself into it.
To me, it's different
because I've had relationships that were great,
but we talked about surface-level stuff. We talked about, like, clothes…
Or, like… Or my hats or my hair.
We haven't talked about anything that's deep. Yeah.
And for us, day three,
we start talking about things that were, like, years ahead.
-For-- Like, kids and finances. -[Damien] The future.
[Brennon] And how we saw our spouses in the future.
To me, that was different. And we…
My fiancée and I, we keep talking about that kinda stuff.
We keep talking about years and years in the future.
Not just tomorrow.
-[hard rock music playing] -[women screaming]
My cowboy, there you are.
[Colleen] Being with the girls is, like, honestly amazing.
It's good to, like, let loose.
They understand, obviously, like, how we're going through the stress
and the marriage and just everything. They-- They understand.
[upbeat music plays]
Wait, what's your name?
-Romeo. -Romeo?
You're kind of sweaty.
It's weird that it's, like, my last night as a single woman,
but, like, very exciting at the same time.
Eye contact. Eye contact.
[Colleen] The strippers tonight, it's out of my comfort zone,
but they're nice.
You know? It's nice to, like, throw the dollar bills.
[Zanab] Get it, Colleen.
[squealing]
But, like, I am ready to be Mrs. Bolton.
Like, it's marriage, dude. It's literally marriage.
Me and her are at a point right now, like… We will have incredible days.
And for some reason, I'm taking little things,
and I'm blowing 'em out of proportion and I'm overreacting,
and I'm causing just little arguments.
Like, I don't know why, dude. I literally don't know why.
But I love this girl. She's an absolute sweetheart.
I feel like I'm supposed to be single.
I don't know how to fight. I don't know how to do this.
I don't know how to argue. I run away, bro.
And you know this. Literally, I'm called Two-Date Matt.
Yep.
'Cause I'd have one or two dates and I'd run away.
You've gone through this process in your life.
Marriage in general, right?
-She fucking quit on me. -At the end of the day…
-She fucking played me. -Exactly.
-You know what I'm saying? -You felt like you were fucked over.
So why wouldn't you think every little thing is wrong?
You fell in love with this girl without seeing her in person.
Hundred percent.
If you love this girl, man, marry this girl.
[emotional piano music plays]
You did this because you fucking cared about your feelings.
And I'm happy about it, man. Like, I'm fucking pumped that you did it.
And I'm sorry for my language, but you're a fucking good dude.
And that's all it comes down to.
At the end of the day, what brings you happiness?
-Hanging out with your friends. -Yeah.
Working, playing golf.
In the end, what did you always talk about?
-You miss being in love with someone. -Amen.
Don't talk yourself out of something, right?
-[Matt] Mm-hmm. -Because of a past experience.
You didn't know what love was, and you went through this for a reason.
[Matt] Mm.
-You're about to marry someone. Right? -[Matt] Mm.
Regardless if you do it or not,
in the end, you're in a position that you never thought you would be in.
-Right? -[Matt] Mm.
Be happy with that, man.
[upbeat dance music plays]
♪ Tomorrow ♪
-♪ Is endless ♪ -[women squealing]
♪ No boundaries… ♪
[Nancy] I can't.
[Zanab] I cannot.
Get up in there, baby.
Get up in there.
[Raven] I love that some of my girls are having too much fun.
I love that for them.
I wish I was having too much fun, but I'm too grown for this.
[women cheering]
[laughs]
Being here just really makes me miss my fiancé.
I'm just happy that you guys are here.
Everybody's here, my family, my friends.
I don't usually get a lot of chances to, like, bring everybody together.
-It's gotta be something happening. -And this is big.
And this is big. As you know, her family is not really involved.
-They won't be involved-- Yeah. -[AB] That bothers Mom a lot.
-[Damien] But they know about… -[SK] They know about it.
-I think that's what's most important. -[SK] Exactly.
-[AB] Here's the thing… -Mm-hmm?
The whole family is pretty excited.
-Looking forward… -Yeah.
-…to you getting married. -[SK] Mm-hmm?
It's been a long wait.
-It has been. -I personally am excited.
-[Damien] It has been a long time coming. -It has been.
-And I love Raven. -[SK] Mm-hmm?
She's amazing.
-[SK] Mm-hmm. -[AB] She has a great personality.
I just like her. I don't know. Her vibe is different.
When I look at you, I can tell.
-[Damien] There's a certain glow. -[AB] Yeah, there is a certain glow.
Once I've seen my big brother, I could tell he's happy. I could tell.
And when I saw you with Raven, I knew you was happy, bro.
We're all for it.
-[SK] Mm-hmm? I appreciate that. -Good times ahead.
[AB] And I love you, bro.
I love you too, bro.
Y'all believe in me so much. I like that.
As long as you're happy, I'm happy.
-[AB] I say that all the time. -[Damien] He's happy.
[all laughing]
[pulsing dance music playing]
He's so cute. [laughs]
This is the last night that I will be Nancy Rodriguez.
[women screaming]
And then after this, I'm excited to be Nancy Bowden.
[squealing]
I know what I want.
I want Bartise.
Like, I don't want a stranger dancing with his dick in my face.
Like, no, thank you. I'm good.
I've got mine. [laughs]
I'm ready for my life with Bartise.
[music fades]
I can tell you genuinely care about her.
Of course, I do love that girl.
I love that girl more than any girl I've ever loved before.
That's why I proposed. I asked her, "How are you feeling this morning?"
Leading into our wedding, she was saying,
"I'm enthusiastic, I'm happy, I'm confident."
I feel those. I feel those.
But my biggest feeling, I think, is just scared.
But I think it's a good type of scared, the type of scared where it's like,
"Yeah, I understand how important this decision is gonna be for me to make
because I only want to make this decision one time."
If I'm gonna have a bachelor party, if I'm gonna have a wedding,
I wanted to do it one time.
So what about it makes you feel like this… getting married is the right decision?
You know exactly what I want. Comfortable, best friend, energy.
Fucking joking, dude. You know what I like, right?
And that's her. That's fucking her.
I am now more physically attracted to Nancy than I was
at the beginning of this reveal.
But my family had such a negative reaction
to our first meeting.
That's bad, but I can…
I think I can live with that. I think I can live with that.
I think I can show my family how I fell in love with her,
how I love her, how I'm gonna continue to love her,
and I think her family knows how much I love her
and how much she loves me. So I think I can live with that.
This is real. This…
I mean, I can tell y'all how I feel and how it sounds fucking crazy,
but this shit is so fucking real, dude.
[dramatic music playing]
-[sparklers whistling] -[cheering]
[all yelling excitedly]
[man yells]
♪ This is the time of our lives ♪
[music fades]
["Tie My Love" plays]
♪ If I could paint my dreams I would show you ♪
♪ This perfect world I built with you… ♪
[Raven] Today on our wedding day, it's just, like, so beautiful.
I really feel like I have found my man.
I'm literally just, like, ready to say yes.
I believe love is blind,
and SK was the only person who made me cry in the pods,
which I think says a lot.
[laughs]
Every day, I feel closer and closer to you.
I've always sought something really intentional in a woman.
And I have to say that I have not found that
in any other woman but you.
[romantic pop song plays]
Thank you.
♪ I've been dreamin' 'bout you… ♪
Raven-Michelle, will you marry me?
[Raven] Yes, sir!
-[music swells] -Oh!
[Raven] Yes, I will!
Oh!
I really love you. Like, I feel like this can go the distance.
I love you too.
♪ But I just know… ♪
[Raven] I felt like he was just really reassuring
and, like, really saw me for me,
which no man had ever really, like, done before.
[music fades]
-[AB] Yes, sir! Yes, sir! -[SK laughs]
[both laughing]
-Yes, sir! -[SK chuckles]
Brody, what's good, man?
Back to you, bro.
Good to see you.
-[man] You look nervous, man. -I am… I am a little nervous.
[all chuckling]
Not… Not nervous. Excited.
I am excited. It's like the good nervous.
The normal way--
It's definitely out of the normal of the Nigerian culture.
[SK sighs] Bro.
It's got the whole "Am I doing this right" thing.
-Part of it. -Okay.
Today's my wedding day, and my biggest fear about today
is just standing in front of my family and friends,
uh, and making this decision,
uh, just because, you know, for us,
we see marriage as a very, very big deal.
So how do your parents feel about it?
They… aren't gonna come to the wedding.
[somber music playing]
I think one of my mom's biggest concern is about the fact
that, you know, none of your family members are gonna be at the wedding.
For us, that's, like, almost unheard of.
What does your mom want me to do? Not have the wedding?
We don't have all our answers right now.
It's really starting to dawn on me
how difficult it's going to be when I'm not here.
I have been in long-distance relationships before,
and the circumstances are not easy.
I'm going back to grad school, uh, in the fall.
-In California. Yeah. -Oh.
Her schedule is crazy, and for her to get on a flight and fly,
it's gonna be a lot for her.
I definitely don't want my quality of living to suffer.
I wish there was like a… like a… like a… textbook I can follow
to just make sure that, you know, okay,
you've checked this, you've checked that, you know this, you know that.
I don't know. Maybe it's the perfectionist in me.
How do you feel on the inside?
On the inside, I feel good.
I feel good that she's hard working. I've seen her, like…
So she matches your ambition and drive?
[SK] That's very big for me.
I've also seen, like, how she treats other people.
And I think, like, for me, that's just, like…
She's very kind. She's very… I like those things.
-That's all that matters. -I feel good about it.
I am definitely at that point where, you know, I don't have any hesitation
when it comes to whether I'm ready to get married or not.
Every time I think of Raven, I honestly feel like I have a treasure.
I feel, like, rich whenever I think about her.
I feel like, you know, she's someone I can really enjoy life with
and, you know, start a family with,
and she's… I feel like she's my person.
I wish you all the best. I love you from the bottom of my heart.
-[SK] Thank you, bro. -I feel like Raven's a great woman.
-[SK] Mm-hmm. -Uh…
I've never seen you this happy before.
Honestly. I've seen multiple relationships…
this time my brother looks happy.
That's all that matters to me.
As long as my brother's happy, I'm happy.
-You know, so… -Thank you.
So let's get married.
-Hello. -[Raven] Hi! [laughs]
Welcome.
Are you nervous?
[Raven] Uh, yeah. [chuckles]
-This doesn't feel real. -Right?
[Aliyah] Want me to walk down the aisle with you?
-You should, actually. -[bridesmaids laugh]
[Raven] I never imagined getting married without my mom.
But also, having my friends involved, like, which are literally my family,
I think, in a lot of ways, I am getting the fairy tale.
[voice breaking] Like, I feel like I have my, like…
-You know? -[Aliyah] I know.
-[friend 1] You got your team. -[friend 2] We love you.
-[friend 3] We just love you so much. -I really love y'all.
-Wow, Raven. Don't make me cry. -[friend 1] Right?
We support you and all the crazy things you do.
-This is one for the books, so… -[friend 1] Right.
-This is it. -And I'mma stick beside her.
[Raven] Judgment-free.
Like, we've always had such a judgment-free relationship, like…
Like, you know, like, people say, "We'll hide the body."
Like, there's no question.
-We'll hide the body. -[all laughing]
[Aliyah] If SK says no… I'll be hiding the body.
[all laughing]
[dramatic music playing]
I don't know, I'm just overwhelmed.
I do know the connection that we've made, but I don't know what he's gonna say.
I have a lot of anxiety about it, so… [laughs]
-Oh, I'mma beat him up if he say no. -[Raven laughs]
I don't care if his brother's here. I'm solvin' all of them…
-["Lift You Up" plays] -♪ I will lift you up ♪
♪ I will carry you home ♪
♪ I will be the light that carries you Through the storm ♪
♪ I will lift you up ♪
♪ Whoa-oh-oh whoa-oh ♪
So my outfit is called the Agbada.
Uh, this is a very ceremonial outfit
known to the Yoruba people of Nigeria.
And, um, for me, it is very important to show up
and show out in full colors, full regalia.
I think the moment I put the Agbada on, that was when I realized, like,
"Oh shit. Like, damn, we're really doing it."
[SK's groomsmen singing]
[upbeat music playing]
[groomsmen chattering]
[SK] My mom is my rock.
She's always there. She's my prayer warrior.
Having her here, it means the world to me.
I wish Dad was here.
Yes, I wish.
I'm sure he's looking down on us.
Every time we talk on the phone, you're always asking me, you know,
"When are you getting married?"
Yeah, I've been waiting for, like, four, five years back.
That's a nice thing to do for your mom.
[emotional music plays]
You know, I'm your second son.
I just want you to know that
even though I decided to go on this experiment,
to do it this way and not do it the right way,
where, you know, the normal introduction…
-Traditional way. -Traditional way.
I love Raven a lot, uh,
and, you know, I found her in the most special way.
In the most unexpected way.
[Ade] And you know what marriage means.
It's the biggest thing we always talk about.
Yes.
[sighs] Ooh.
Before getting to this point, I wasn't really scared.
I'm like, "Okay, I got this. You know, I can do this."
But right now, I'm scared, Mom.
[tense music plays]
It's normal. It's normal.
Marriage is a lifetime commitment.
My mind is like… My… My… My…
-Beating. -Yeah, my chest is literally…
Put your mind at… this day…
this is my day…
I have to do this, and I'm going to do this.
From my heart, I don't have any fear for today.
Okay.
I'm so happy deep down in me…
because I know you know what you want.
Okay.
[music fades]
[sighs] Ooh.
Thank you, Ma. Thank you for trusting me. Thank you. I love you, Mom.
-I love you. -[SK chuckles]
[Ade] I love you. I do.
["Lights On You" plays]
♪ All lights on you… ♪
[Raven's bridesmaids] Raviva!
Where are you?
[bridesmaids exclaiming and laughing]
[all] Aww!
-Oh my God! I'm gonna get married! -[Aliyah] So pretty.
-[all laughing] -[Jordan] You're getting married!
Don't look at me in the eyes 'cause I'm gonna cry.
-[Aliyah] So pretty. -Don't look at me in the eyes.
Let me put my glass down.
-Ugh. So pretty. -[Raven] Now, do I look like a wife--
-[Jordan] I love this. -[Jade] So pretty.
[emotional instrumental suite playing]
Bye!
Whoo! [squeals]
See you at the altar!
[Jordan] See you at the altar, bitch.
-Please do not cry 'cause I'm going to. -It's about to come out.
-[Aliyah] No! -[Jordan] We love you.
[overlapping compliments]
You look beautiful. We love you.
Ride or die, come on.
[Raven] I love y'all so much.
[Raven chuckles]
It honestly doesn't feel real standing here in this whole thing.
Like, I feel like it's so beautiful, it's just a dream.
Like, I've never had a wedding before.
Like, I want it to be perfect. I want it to be a fairy tale.
I've never been this far in any relationship ever in my life.
[sniffling]
I think that this is meant to be, this path.
It's a dream come true.
[knocking]
-Hi! -[Ade] Hi, baby. You look so pretty.
-[Raven] You look so pretty! -Wow.
-How are you? -[Ade] I'm good.
You look so pretty.
-[soft guitar music plays] -[laughs]
Did you see SK?
-[Ade] Yes, I did. -He's okay? He's not crying yet?
He's not crying yet, but he said, "Mother, I'm nervous."
[Raven] He said he's nervous?
No! He said he's nervous?
[laughs]
I know he is.
Okay. I'm just gonna… You can fix my hair if you need to.
[Ade] Today is so important to me…
It's the day I've been waiting for.
[Raven] Aww!
The day has finally came and I'm your witness.
[Raven] Aww!
I'm so excited.
The only advice I'll give to you…
Please, you have to be patient.
Trust each other. Love each other deeply.
-[Raven] Mm-hmm. -[Ade] Understand each other.
Let me see your face.
It's cute.
I think it is.
This is how a wife should be.
[Raven laughs]
We've really tried to make the cultures combine,
you know, for our wedding.
It's so nice. Comes out very good.
-You like it? -Yes, I do.
Okay, I wanted you to like it. Let's see.
I think it looks pretty like this.
Having a moment with his mom before all this
just makes the experience more special.
I mean, I couldn't ask for better people to do this with.
The only people I'm really missing are, like, my mom and my grandma,
and I know that they're cheering me on.
I'm happy. Thank you for letting me marry your son.
-You're welcome. -[Raven laughs]
-[exhales sharply] -You look so pretty.
-Thank you. -You're welcome.
[exhales sharply]
-[TJ] Let's get it. -[SK chuckles]
[Tunde] Game time, baby.
[Yoruba talking drum playing]
[SK] This is it, Mom.
Just breathe in and out as I tell you.
Let your mind be… cool.
-Okay. -I trust you, SK, honestly.
Thank you. Thank you.
-Thank you for believing in me. -You're welcome.
-I love you. Thank you. -Best of luck. You're welcome.
[emotional music playing]
[guests whispering]
[talking drums continue playing]
[Raven sighs]
[Raven] I'm extremely nervous.
Like, I literally do not know what to expect.
I feel like my knees are gonna probably buckle.
We need a medic on standby.
[laughs]
[romantic song plays]
♪ Open your eyes ♪
♪ Everything that's magical will come ♪
[guests whispering]
♪ Hypnotize ♪
Hi! [laughs]
♪ One day you'll see a love that strong… ♪
[Raven laughs]
-Hi, baby. -[SK] Wow, you look amazing.
You okay?
Yeah.
[exhales] Okay.
[pastor] We come together today
to celebrate the wedding of Raven and Sikiru.
True love has no boundaries or borders.
Even though Raven and Sikiru come from two very different backgrounds,
their mutual love for one another has not only brought them together,
but melded their distinct cultures and beliefs.
Love is truly what brings us together.
Love is what led Raven and Sikiru to unite,
and love is what will keep their union strong.
Love always finds a way.
[SK] Raven-Michelle…
You make me feel like a champion.
Not just any champion, but the one with the biggest prize of all.
You are my biggest prize.
Choosing you was a very easy decision for me.
I fell in love with your mind first,
and your incredible beauty was just icing on the cake.
-[Raven laughs softly] -I love you…
-[in Yoruba] …from head to toe. -[Raven laughs]
[guests chuckling]
[in English] And thank you for accepting my culture like it's yours,
and for coming on this journey with me.
I love you.
-[Raven laughs] -[exhales]
-Okay, one second. -[bridesmaids laugh softly]
[Raven laughs, sniffles]
-[exhales] -[gentle music plays]
SK, going into this,
I never imagined I'd be standing here today.
But doing so with someone like you, so thoughtful, caring, and kind,
you encouraged me to have conversations above and beyond the basics,
and I feel like you know me better than I know myself.
I've learned so much about you,
and I continue loving you more and more every day.
I couldn't imagine a world without you.
I think we have a great future ahead of us.
We do.
[voice breaking] And I really mean it when I say
that I can't wait to spend the rest of my life with you.
[Raven laughs, sobs]
[pastor] That is wonderful.
-[bridesmaids laugh] -[guests applauding]
[sniffles]
[music fades]
[pastor] Raven and Sikiru,
you chose to get engaged and spend the rest of your lives together
based on a deep, emotional connection.
You fell in love with each other based on who you are on the inside
and decided to get married, sight unseen.
It is now time to decide if love is blind.
[tense music plays]
[exhales]
[pastor] Sikiru.
Do you take Raven-Michelle Ross to be your wife?
Do you promise to love, honor, cherish, and protect her,
forsaking all others and holding only onto her forevermore?
If so, say "I do."
[tense music swells]
[tense music continues]
[breathing shakily]
[mouthing] I do.
[music swells, fades]
I do not.
[gasps]
Today, Raven…
We both know how we feel about each other.
I love you.
I love you too. [sobs]
[somber music playing]
However, we have a very unique and complex set of circumstances.
[sniffles]
I feel like today is not the best time for us to do this.
Oh, give me a hug! [laughs sadly]
[sniffling]
[Raven] Oh, I'm sorry.
Okay, I'm gonna walk out now. Okay?
[Raven sniffles, sobs]
I'm gonna go, like, fix my makeup. I love y'all. Bye.
[Raven sobs and laughs]
[Raven sobs]
What's wrong with me? And I never want to have another wedding.
[sniffling]
[SK] Thanks, bro.
["Come to an End" plays]
[guests whispering]
♪ I know the day would come When we would say goodbye ♪
[sighs, sniffles]
[sighs]
♪ Feelings abandoned Left to wither up and die ♪
[Raven sobs, sniffles]
Today is just not the right time. Today is not the right time.
[sniffles]
♪ Our love turned to rust ♪
♪ Broken hearts to dust… ♪
What led to today is just not enough.
[TJ] This is the most important decision in your life, so…
[guests laughing]
[indistinct chatter]
♪ Nothing left of us but memories… ♪
It is no question in my mind. I love Raven.
Yeah, let's take it off.
[SK sighs]
Oh my God.
I know she's probably mad and angry,
but I just would feel really bad and really guilty
to continue on, you know, in a marriage with her
when I know that there are so many other unanswered questions.
You know, it's not just about me having to leave after our marriage.
It's also about, like, her not being flexible to, for example,
maybe move to California with me.
It's also about, you know, certain things that I know for a fact
that, you know, she's very strong about.
I still have a little bit of issue with the, uh,
you know, the family situation.
I have thought about the risk of losing her forever
because of my decision today.
As… As sad as it sounds, um,
I think I would rather lose her
than be in a marriage with her where I will feel, like,
lots of shortcomings every day.
[sniffling]
Like, I am not the perfect Nigerian bride,
and we've established that so many times, like…
And I don't know if I can ever be that way just because that's not who I am.
[Ade sighs]
-Hi. -[Ade] Hi.
-Raven… -[Raven] How are you?
I'm good.
A little good.
["I'm Sorry" plays]
[Ade] I just want to let you know that I like you. I love you so, so much.
Me too.
[Ade sighs]
I would have wanted this to happen today,
but I don't know what SK mean.
[Raven] It's okay.
-The very first day I set my eyes on you… -[Raven laughs]
The connection.
-Thank you. I feel the same way. -I love you.
-I love you too. -I love you.
And I think it's so meaningful that we can have this.
[sniffles]
-And I feel it with your whole family. -I'm so sorry.
It's okay! [laughs]
It's okay.
-[sobs] Thank you. -[Ade] You're welcome.
I know it was really hard for him…
[voice breaking] To stand there and say it, so…
So…
I was planning on saying yes today.
I just want to lay down.
♪ You don't know the way this feels ♪
♪ And I don't think You'll ever even comprehend ♪
[music fades]
["Dive In" plays]
♪ Come on, come on, dive in ♪
It's so pretty!
♪ Let go… ♪
[Nancy] We came to this experiment to truly find love because of who we are.
And after our second date, I knew Bartise was the one.
♪ Let go… ♪
Before this experiment, I would've never dated Bartise.
His age, he's still so young,
but trusting the process worked for me.
He has taught me just so many things about myself,
and seeing his genuine
personality and kindness.
It just feels good to have someone
who can match my energy,
but also make me feel safe and comfortable.
I feel loved. So loved.
Me and you have something special. I hope you see. I think you do.
I definitely see it for sure.
[squeals and laughs]
I do love you, Nancy. Will you marry me?
Yes!
-[Bartise squeals, laughs] -[Nancy laughs]
[laughs]
You better run!
Oh my God.
-[Nancy] Ah! -Come here.
-[Nancy] Aah! It's a king! -[Bartise] Oh, I love it. I love it.
-It's a king for my king. -We're getting in! We're getting in!
-Oh man. Okay, this is good. -I could get used to this.
[Nancy] Oh, this is good.
I want you to have fun. I wanna be there having fun with you.
I want you to be happy, to make you happy.
Hopefully I can continue to make you happy for a long time.
[Nancy] You aren't just some guy that I fell in love with.
Like, you are the guy
that I wanna spend the rest of my life with.
-That was big to hear. -[laughs]
[Bartise] Baby, I love you. You know that?
That's gonna be the husband that you get. That's a promise, baby.
-Love you, baby. -[Nancy] Love you.
[music fades]
[gasps] Oh my gosh!
[squeals]
I almost vomited last night.
I was like, "What the fuck is happening?" Like, I could not put it together.
And so, sure enough, I calm myself down,
I don't end up vomiting, but I think that's where it hit me
that today is the day that I walk down the aisle,
and I could be Mrs. Bowden.
[energetic music plays]
[laughs] Oh my God.
[inhales sharply]
Oh!
Oh, my heart…
Bartise and I were waiting
to have something happen in our relationship.
It was just too good to be true.
So when things started to hit our relationship in a negative way…
Oh man.
[chuckles] …I didn't think I was gonna make it… to the altar.
What would you do if, like, your child had a birth defect
and you could abort the pregnancy?
-Want to keep the baby? -Fuck. Keep the baby. What the f… Yeah.
For me, if I knew that I could try again and hope that the second time it's better,
then I would go that route.
I would never…
Raven's the typical girl that I would go after in the real world.
Like, Raven's…
She came down, she was wearing the tight clothes.
I was like, "She's a fucking smokeshow." She's hot as shit. I was like, "Okay."
[tense music plays]
No matter what I do, like, I will never be your type.
And the fact that I love you for who you are,
but you don't love me for who I am…
[Bartise] I do love you though.
But, like, looks fucking matter.
[soft music playing]
He's always been kind and genuine, even when conversations were hard.
The fact that we can have disagreements and arguments and recover from that,
that's the type of man that I see myself being with.
It's like I believe in Bartise again,
and I'm in love with Bartise even more than I was in the pods,
and together, I know we're gonna take over the world.
♪ Got my heart in my throat ♪
♪ Never loved a girl before ♪
♪ You start as strangers ♪
♪ Now you're my savior ♪
♪ Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh ♪
♪ Oh-oh-oh… ♪
So first thing this morning, I woke up like, "Holy shit."
Bro, I'm gonna get married today.
♪ Oh-oh-oh… ♪
That's what I'm talking about right here. Okay.
My biggest hope is for this… this fairy tale to continue.
-[friends exclaim] -[Bartise] Hey, shoot!
I was getting lonely down here.
That's… That's like happily ever after.
-[upbeat music plays] -♪ It could be so easy… ♪
[man] My man. You ready for the big day?
[Bartise] Biggest day I've ever had in my freakin' life, right?
-[Joseph] That's why we're here. -Every emotion, I'm feeling.
Happiness, scared, excited, nervous.
-[Joseph] Yeah. -Little of everything.
[Joseph] This decision isn't just about your life.
-This is about Nancy's life. -It's also about her life.
And about our families' lives.
I don't wanna make a decision because this is what I think
everybody else wants me to do.
It's just like, "I know y'all are here,
but end of the day, it's me and her at the altar."
I've known you since I was a kid, so just seeing you now,
you've always been a smart guy
and you've always made, you know, great decisions
ever since I've known you, and it's crazy to see you, man.
The biggest fear I have is making the wrong decision,
but I won't know it's the wrong decision until years down the road.
So I'm living in the moment, I'm making my choice,
and I'm living with that. That's what I've done every single day.
I'm comfortable telling you how much I love this girl,
how much I'm looking forward to today.
And here we are at the last day. I want this to be a one-time thing.
Hey, I'm getting married.
You're my wife forever, and there's no turning back.
It's forever. It's forever. Hopefully, it's forever.
-["Break the Sky" plays] -♪ Let the light in… ♪
[Nancy squeals] Ooh! Who's that?
-I hear Desi, I hear Brittney. -[bridesmaids exclaiming]
Oh, you look so pretty. I love your curls.
[woman] Gorgeous.
[Erendira] Are you happy for the day? The big day?
-Are you ready for the big day? -I'm ready.
-You found blind love. -Blind love.
Blind! Yes.
-[woman] It's crazy, right? -[Erendira] I know.
It's kinda hard to believe.
-She's my only daughter. -That's what she said.
I'm trying to be strong and not cry.
[Nancy laughs]
-This is gonna be your big day. -Yeah.
-Are you nervous, baby girl? 'Cause I am. -[Nancy laughs]
[Desare] Good for you. I am. I am so nervous.
[Nancy] I think I'm gonna be nervous when I walk down the aisle
and I see him. I might black out then.
-[Erendira] Uh-oh. -[Brittney] Don't do that.
Oh, mama.
I'm in love with Bartise even more than I was in the pods.
I'm confident. Like, I know where I stand.
[Erendira] Good for you.
But not knowing what's gonna happen at the altar,
it kind of scares me a little bit.
Y'all got your speeches ready?
She requested one person make a speech. Which is her maid of honor.
So, Joey, do you wanna follow her up with a speech?
[Hayden] You got it, Joey.
At the… This is at the reception.
After we're already…
After I've already placed that on her finger.
[Joseph] I'm ready. I got a speech.
-You got a speech? -Yep.
Fuck, I feel like I should hear it.
-[laughs] -[Joseph] Nope.
I'm feeling happy, excited. My family and friends are here.
Her family and friends are gonna be coming too.
And it's gonna be a celebration.
And she… At the same time, she makes me feel nervous.
I don't know her answer coming in here, right? And, like…
Because we can talk about how we feel all we want,
but I'm never gonna know how she truly feels until we get to the altar.
Can definitely tell it's weighing on your mind. A lot.
I mean, that just…
That shows the importance of the decision that we're making today.
'Cause this is not only today. This is the rest of our lives.
What's your biggest current concern about tonight?
Bad stuff… There's definitely a list of bad stuff too.
Like, I find out her ex is involved with two of her houses, right?
Then we have my family meeting, which it just becomes a mess.
It was just… It was not a good scene.
I just didn't know what to do. Same time, it's not their decision.
They will love Nancy. If I choose to marry Nancy,
they're gonna love her because they're gonna see who she truly is.
Our journey has been all over the place. It's been a roller coaster.
This could be the start of the rest of our lives together,
me and Nancy, or this could be,
like, the last day we see each other.
-["Happy Tears" plays] -♪ I'm all right ♪
♪ Is that all right… ♪
[Erendira] Oh! Yes! We did it!
♪ You took my hand And now they're somewhere free to roam ♪
[bridesmaid laughs] Uh-oh.
-I told you not to cry. -[bridesmaids laugh]
I couldn't help it, baby.
[all laughing]
I love you, Mom.
I love you too.
[laughs]
-I wish you the best. -Thank you, Mama.
You have my blessings.
And…
I'm just a phone call away.
-Yeah. -You know that, right?
[Nancy] Always!
My mom is here. My brothers are here.
I'm so excited that I'm here, and I'm so happy that it's with Bartise.
[Erendira laughs]
-[Nancy] Wow! -Wow.
Hola!
[all laughing]
[Nancy gasping]
-Congratulations. -Thank you, Papi.
[Maria, in Spanish] How's my beautiful girl?
-Very good. -[Maria] Congratulations, my love.
-Thank you. -[Maria] You're beautiful.
[in English] Thank you, thank you.
[in Spanish] Is this the moment?
[Nancy] Uh-huh.
[in Spanish] I feel confident, I am happy…
This is a big moment that I was waiting for…
and now we hope…
all this is…
a reality…
and not a…
fairy tale.
This is something very significant for me because…
[laughs]
[Maria] Important.
It's okay, mama.
-[in Spanish] Don't cry. -[in English] Thank you.
[chuckling]
It's okay, mama. It's okay.
[in Spanish] Cry of happiness.
Cry of happiness.
Cry because your parents are here.
We are here, your family is here.
You guys are here with me.
That's what is important.
[Maria sighs]
What is important here is that you are happy.
-A thousand congratulations. -Thank you.
Remember this moment forever.
[music fades]
-[in English] Got something for you. -What is that?
All right. Let's see what's going on with this.
Wow. [whispers] Wow, fuck.
She said, "Baby cakes, this wild adventure has been
the most fun-loving, eye-opening, grateful experience of my life."
"There's nothing I would change because I got to experience this with you."
"I loved you in the pods, Malibu,
and I'm still confident to say I love you oh so much."
"Together, we can take over the world."
"I hope this is only the beginning of our love story."
[Joseph] Wow.
I know exactly what this is. These are all gifts from our story.
A lint roller. [laughs]
-Those are all over your apartment. -[crying] Oh fuck.
-[paper crinkling] -[emotional piano music plays]
Aah!
This is everything that we have been through together, basically.
-This one's kinky though. -Fuck!
-[sniffles] -[groomsman chuckles]
[Bartise] We've been through a lot.
She's already taking care of you, man. She knows you.
All we can ask for is that, you know, you end up with somebody
who's gonna take care of you like this and love you.
We've been through a lot of struggles and hard conversations to have,
and this, like, little stuff…
[music fades]
Y'all have never seen me cry. Fuck this shit!
[chuckling]
I'm gonna go to the bathroom. [sniffles]
["When I'm Without You" plays]
[Bartise] Where's the bathroom at?
♪ I wanna take a little time to breathe ♪
♪ But I can't right now ♪
[producer] Bartise?
[Bartise] Yeah.
[producer] Talk to me.
I love that girl and she loves me. So much.
[Bartise sniffles]
It just feels so big.
This whole experiment, this whole wedding and everything.
[sniffles]
But the little stuff is, like, what keeps you safe
and keeps you coming back.
Everything in that bag is heartbreaking.
From the cocoa butter oil that we had, we gave massages with each other.
We'd put it on our arms before we went to the beach or whatever.
The toothpaste because we had to share it the first night
because I'm dumb and forgot toothpaste.
The vitamins from…
Literally every day, she'd say, "Did you take your vitamins, babe?"
No, I didn't. I would take her women's vitamins
and put them in my mouth.
She got me the men's kind. It's great.
The extremely good and extremely bad is what we remember,
and it's what we're thinking about today, but, like, when you take a step back
and figure out what's going on day-to-day,
on a first thing you do when you wake up,
being the vitamins, the toothbrush, or the toothpaste…
That's what it's all about.
And I've been so focused on trying to get through the negatives
and through the problems and we're gonna go up there and
figure out what I wanna do for the rest of my fucking life.
[sniffles]
What a great fucking girl she is. [crying] What the fuck.
[sniffles]
Okay. Pull it together. [sniffles]
♪ Still feelin' so lost ♪
-Fuck. -♪ 'Cause I'm living in a ♪
-♪ Dream world that I can't wake up from ♪ -[sniffles]
♪ Had to take a little time to breathe ♪
♪ Clear my head ♪
♪ Somehow ♪
[knocking]
[bridesmaid] Knock, knock.
[Nancy] What is happening here, friend?
-I got a surprise from Bartise. -[laughs]
[both laughing]
Oh my God! Oh!
Yes, this is for you.
Oh my… Aah!
-[laughs] -[bridesmaid] Oh, did you spill it?
[Nancy] No!
"Let's do the damn thing. Love you, baby."
[both laughing]
[upbeat pop music playing]
-Bartise. What's up, buddy? -Oh my goodness. How do I look?
-Not bad? -Outstanding, bro.
-You doing good? -I'm great. I had to come see you.
This is the biggest moment of my life, so far, hands down.
This is the moment where I decide on what I want for the rest of my life.
Who I want to be with for the rest of my life.
Hopefully, she wants to be with me.
[Robert] How's things?
Good. Nancy got me this whole gift right here.
-What do you got? Ibuprofen? -It's the small stuff. We had…
She had hangovers and she ate all of my medicine.
-[Robert] Oh yeah? -She cleaned me out. So she refilled me.
But it was just, like, so super thoughtful
and, like, reminded me of who, like… who the girl was I fell in love with.
All the problems that we've had,
it made me realize all the big things don't matter as much
as the small things you deal with on a daily basis.
-So I was like, "Oh dang!" -Your mother would do something like that.
Right. She sure would.
Yeah. It's a life-changing decision.
-[Bartise] Mm-hmm. -You know?
And know inside your heart.
-[Bartise] Yeah. -That's the main thing.
I think I know. I'm ready. I'm ready for it.
Today, I feel like,
was a sped-up version of me and Nancy's journey together.
From being sure, to not being sure, to being sure.
This is really me and Nancy's day. It's literally me and Nancy.
So that's what I have to think about, and I don't want it to end yet. [laughs]
I don't want our story to end yet, but if I…
One word I can say up there will end it,
and one word I say up there will make it forever.
-[mariachi band playing] -[singing in Spanish]
[singer yells a grito]
[mariachi band continues in background]
[suspenseful music playing softly]
Come here.
Looking good. my son.
-Love you. -Love you too, Ma.
[chuckles] I'm gonna start crying.
From the minute you were born, I was proud of you.
You have surpassed my dreams and my hopes.
And now, here you are, a grown man about to make a life choice.
[suspenseful music builds]
Incredible.
So, whatever you decide today… I will support you.
And be behind you for the rest of your life.
-I hear you. -I love you to the moon.
-Okay. -[Bartise sniffles]
My son.
My firstborn.
[sighs] Let's do this.
-Ready? -[music fades]
I'm ready.
[dramatic music playing]
[guests whispering]
-[Bartise] Go first. -[Penny] Okay.
-[Bartise] Mom, love you. -[Penny] Okay.
-Thank you. -Love you. Okay, good luck.
[dramatic music intensifies]
Thank y'all for being here.
[guests laughing]
-[chuckling] -[music fades]
[in Spanish] Everything okay?
How are you feeling?
[laughs]
This is something that is not traditional, but here we are. [laughing]
[Jose] It's the moment…
Okay.
[Jose] Daughter of mine.
-[in English] Thank you, Papi. -[Jose] Okay.
[whispers] Let's do this.
If everyone will rise, please?
[dramatic music resumes]
Oh my God. I should close my eyes.
[violin playing "Pachelbel's Canon"]
[speaking Spanish]
[Nancy laughs]
[sighs]
Sir.
[violin piece ends]
[in Spanish] I hand her to you now.
She's all yours.
Gracias.
[in English] Come on, babe. No kiss? No hug?
-I didn't practice this! Hi. -I get to hug you.
-[pastor] Aww! -[chuckles]
-I think we're good. Hi, everybody. -Awesome.
[guests laughing]
[pastor] You guys may be seated.
Nancy and Bartise. In this moment, we're all reminded
that the very best part of our humanity is our ability to love.
Bartise and Nancy found each other,
making the impossible seem not only possible, but inevitable.
For me, it was easy to see who you were through a wall.
[emotional music playing]
[Nancy] From day two, I knew.
[both laugh]
I fell in love with your kindness.
Your genuine love,
your patience, and your positivity,
but most importantly, it was your energy that you radiated
through a wall, if that's even possible.
I mean, obviously, it is.
-Obviously, I did. [chuckles] -You did.
[Bartise] All right.
The journey has been amazing for me.
But only because I've had you by my side.
I feel the same way. Absolutely.
We did fall in love blindly. We fell in love without seeing each other,
and no matter what we tell everybody here in this audience,
they'll never understand what we went through.
And so I feel like this is Nancy and Bartise. This is our story.
We fell in love, and I realized this is someone I can spend my life with
because it's comfortable, it's natural. She's opening me up.
I'm able to share stuff with her that I've never shared with any girl
in my life before, or family, or friends, and so you did that to me.
And that's what I fell in love with. I fell in love with that.
How comfortable it is.
And that's why I proposed, and that's why we're at the altar today,
and that's why you say, "Yes!" And now we're here.
We did the damn thing. So I've already won.
I'm happy about that, baby
Yeah. Thank you.
[pastor] Nancy and Bartise.
You fell in love with each other based upon who you are on the inside
and decided to get married, sight unseen.
[tense music playing]
[pastor] It is now time to decide
if love is blind.
Nancy, will you keep Bartise as your most cherished person
to experience life's adventures,
to support him through life's toughest moments,
celebrate his biggest victories, and pledge your undying love,
as the two of you grow old together?
If so, say "I do."
[tense music intensifies]
I do.
[peaceful music playing]
I love you. I knew that I wanted you in my life.
Absolutely.
[pastor] Bartise.
[tense music resumes]
Will you keep Nancy as your most cherished person
to experience life's adventures,
to support her through life's toughest moments,
celebrate her biggest victories, and pledge your undying love,
as the two of you grow old together?
If so, say "I do."
[tense music intensifies]
[dramatic stinger]
[music fades]
[romantic pop music plays]
-[Zanab] Do you like? -[Beverly] We like!
[woman 1] You're stunning.
[Beverly] Very pretty.
[Zanab] It's not hard to fall in love with Cole.
I love him to the core of who he is.
Marriage is special, and when I say vows, it's forever.
-[bridesmaid] Are you nervous? -Yes, I'm freaking out! I'm freaking out!
[dramatic music playing]
[Brennon] Today is the biggest decision of my life.
I definitely woke up this morning feeling some kinda way.
I don't feel like myself.
[woman 2] Think he's gonna get cold feet?
I would be, like, shocked, like, beyond repair.
[Rhonda] Is your head and your heart in the same spot?
[Brennon] I don't know.
I have no clue what's gonna happen. We've gone through a lot of conflict.
[Matt] We're hours away and I still don't have a decision.
I don't wanna be hurt by someone that I love again.
[pastor 1] Will you please rise?
[exhales sharply]
[Cole] It's not a gamble. It's a fight for love.
[pastor 2] Do you take him to be your husband?
[pastor 3] Do you take her to be your wife?
-[Matt] My fears have taken over. -[sobs loudly]
Don't cry, baby.
-[sniffles] -Oh my God.
[Alexa] What the fuck?
-[Brennon] I'm sorry. -It's okay.
[dramatic stinger]
["Find Me in a New Land" plays]
♪ Fight your way out ♪
♪ Fight for peace ♪
♪ Fight for love ♪
♪ Don't give up now ♪
♪ Find your strength ♪
♪ Fight for love ♪
[vocalizing]
♪ Don't give up now ♪
♪ Find your strength ♪
[vocalizing]
♪ Fight for love ♪