MAFS is back and I have some thoughts! Love it or hate it, most of us are watching and after this first episode I could not be more eager to see how things will unfold for this next lot of hopeful romantics.
Right off the bat, all the brides appeared so supportive and genuine when they were meeting each other, more so than any other season! No doubt everyone would have wanted to play face a little and put their best foot forward for first impressions, but all of them really looked like they were having fun and wanted to get along with everyone.
These brides seem different from the groups we’ve seen in past seasons. There was a real sense of comradery and support amongst them. This doesn’t usually seem to get developed in previous seasons until around the middle of the show so I enjoyed seeing these relationships made so early on.
I found it particularly sweet seeing Connie mix with the girls and come out of her shell. You could tell she isn’t always very confident when she was talking about feeling lonely and ignored by guys, but she is obviously such a lovely and fun girl and this truly showed when she was chatting with the other brides.
While we didn’t learn too much more about Connie during this episode, I’m already hoping she gets matched with the most adoring guy who will make her feel so confident and loved.
There was of course that comment made about Hayley talking too much so that could very well be a clue about who the drama centres around in the episodes to come. This wasn’t fleshed out much during this episode though so it was easy to discard and still conclude that the girls were all getting along.
Also in terms of future drama being teased, you have to wonder if the toast “to not banging each other’s husbands” was in fact some foreshadowing of, yet again, some husband stealing down the track. I honestly bloody hope not though because that plot device was tired right from when it first got introduced in previous seasons.
From our introduction to Ivan, it does seem like he’s going to be this year’s ‘schmuck’ of the group. And I actually don’t want this storyline for him.
The guy is definitely quirky and outlandish and that short bit with one of the producers in the car telling him where to walk was hilarious. But did any other viewers side with him when he was getting uncomfortable with some of the other grooms’ behaviour? The guy is a gentleman and some of these grooms could probably learn from him!
I already love Poppy. The woman is hilarious and you can tell she has so much love to give. That’s why it was so hard to watch her basically sabotage her wedding when she started to second guess herself being there.
She seems so well matched with Luke though and it was lovely seeing him calm and support her during the day even if he did say he was struggling himself at one point with how to respond to it.
It was open communication that ended up saving the day for the two of them so if they keep this up I think they’re going to thrive this season. They really appear to share a special understanding.
It will be interesting to see Luke’s character get more fleshed out during this season. I also can’t wait for him to meet “Cock” and “Block”.
Josh and Cathy are both gorgeous! And you just know they’re meant to be, seeing as “they love the smell of each other’s t-shirts”. That is without a doubt love. And Trisha the expert, you are iconic for mentioning this.
Josh seemed really mature when speaking about learning from his past mistakes with relationships. He comes off very sweet and genuine. I really hope he’s going to be the friendly heartthrob of the season.
Also, his mother? Stunning.
That is more or less my episode 1 recap! To conclude, I’m looking forward to seeing where this season is heading. So far I like who we’ve been introduced to (maybe with the exception of Michael) and it’ll be exciting to see how future relationships unfold. Loved seeing the ladies being supportive and both couples seem extremely well paired. Let’s see how the season unfolds.
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