03x11 - The Wedding Day

[bunniefuu]

-["No Fear" plays]
-♪ What if this feeling is true? ♪[/i]

[car horns blaring]

♪ What if we don't make it through? ♪

[dramatic music plays]

[Cole] Zanab!

-[Zanab] Please stop being an assh*le.
-[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][/i]

[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? ♪

♪ Are you ready now? ♪

♪ Let's get it... ♪

[Zanab] So excited.

-[Colleen] Let's make a drink!
-[Nancy] sh*t 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 sh*ts.

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 sh*t!
-[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 f*ck!
-Here we go, here we go!

[buzzer sounds]

[crowd roars]

[crowd exclaims]

-Oh sh*t!
-[laughs]

That is insane, bro.

-[bull roars]
-[country rock music plays]

[announcer on PA] At this time,[/i]

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.
-g*dd*mn 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 sh*t.

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.[/i]

Three, two, one.

-[buzzer sounds]
-[gate opens]

[calves mooing]

[Cole] Oh sh*t! 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, f*ck!

[crowd roaring]

[Cole yells]

Let's go!

[Cole] There was a tiger. Slayed it.
I felt like Leonidas. It was epic.

[dramatic yell echoing]

f*ck!

g*dd*mn it.

[yelling gleefully]

[crowd noise fades]

-[upbeat music playing]
-♪ I want it ♪[/i]

♪ 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[/i] 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,

sh*t 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 b*llet for you,
but I don't know if you would."

[somber music playing]

Well, if you feel like
you'd take a b*llet for him,

and you're not sure he'd do it for you,

then to me, that's a sign[/i].

[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 f*ck.

-[Zanab] Cole does that sh*t 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[/i] 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 assh*le, but, like...

I mean to be an assh*le.
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 att*ck 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[/i] 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][/i]

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 sh*t 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 f*cking k*ll 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 f*cking quit on me.
-At the end of the day...

-She f*cking played me.
-Exactly.

-You know what I'm saying?
-You felt like you were f*cked 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 f*cking cared about your[/i] feelings.

And I'm happy about it, man.
Like, I'm f*cking pumped that you did it.

And I'm sorry for my language,
but you're a f*cking 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 ♪[/i]

-♪ Is endless ♪
-[women squealing][/i]

♪ 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 d*ck 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.

f*cking joking, dude.
You know what I like, right?

And that's her. That's f*cking 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 f*cking crazy,

but this sh*t is so f*cking 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 b*at 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]

♪ I will carry you home ♪

♪ I will be the light that carries you
Through the storm ♪

♪ I will lift you up ♪[/i]

♪ 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 sh*t.
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...

-b*ating.
-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[/i] 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.

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[/i] 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 f*ck 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?
-f*ck. 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 f*cking smokeshow."
She's hot as sh*t. 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 f*cking 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 sh*t."

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, sh**t!

I was getting lonely down here.

That's... That's like happily ever after.

-[upbeat music plays]
-♪ It could be so easy... ♪[/i]

[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... ♪[/i]

[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.

f*ck, 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 ♪[/i]

♪ 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]

-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.[/i]
-Thank you,[/i] 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, f*ck.

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 f*ck.

-[paper crinkling]
-[emotional piano music plays]

Aah!

This is everything that we have
been through together, basically.

-This one's kinky though.
-f*ck!

-[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.
f*ck this sh*t!

[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 f*cking life.

[sniffles]

What a great f*cking girl she is.
[crying] What the f*ck.

[sniffles]

Okay. Pull it together. [sniffles]

♪ Still feelin' so lost ♪

-f*ck.
-♪ 'Cause I'm living in a ♪[/i]

-♪ Dream world that I can't wake up from ♪
-[sniffles][/i]

♪ 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[/i]]

[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.[/i]

[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[/i] 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 f*ck?

-[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 ♪