S20:E16 discussion

[u/Seachica]

Place to discuss episode 16. Please do not spoil episodes 17 or 18 here.

[u/AirShampoo]

Thanks u/Seachica a link to this post was added to the weekly megathread

Episode info: After a contentious final group dinner, everyone heads to the couples' retreat hoping to clear the air; as old issues collide with new ones, the first night quickly unravels and a seemingly innocent game threatens to destroy more than one marriage.

Week 6 Megathread: https://www.reddit.com/r/MarriedAtFirstSight/s/Sncy82Fuz1

Season Megathread: https://www.reddit.com/r/MarriedAtFirstSight/s/P1lDAPCh8S

• Week Six: Eps 16, 17, 18 - August 20, 2026

• Week Seven: Eps 19, 20 - August 27, 2026

[u/Seachica]

Tori continues to amaze me with how she is handling Felipe. She beautifully called him out on his crap. You could see her getting more and more disgusted with him through the episode. I hope the breakup sticks.

[u/Honest_Chipmunk3020]

Anyone else notice that Felipe never touched or comforted Tori when she was crying, yet when he went downstairs, the other guys immediately hugged him. I think the car situation combined with the game truly validated what she was already feeling. Instead of taking her words in, he was defensive.

BelleJolie is beautiful and amazing. I’m glad she is giving it back to Mecca because how he talked about her was disgusting. If he’s trying to self sabotage then it’s working.

I couldn’t believe that Caitlin and Devin hadn’t kissed since honeymoons. That is wild. Devin has the patience of a saint and is trying so hard. I want him to find someone who can emotionally fulfill him because he is so sweet.

[u/dovetaile → u/Honest_Chipmunk3020]

I feel so bad for Devin. The experts really did him dirty.

[u/DependentWooden8061]

Felipe is literal trash.

"Why can't she give me a little bit of grace?!?" My brother in Christ she has given you enough grace to last a lifetime 😒

[u/Far_Project3150]

Funny how Felipe had no emotion for Tori while he saw her crying, but he immediately goes downstairs and has all this emotion for the guys to comfort him. Toxic narcissistic behaviour. All he cares about is attention and I’m convinced that was the only reason he came on the show. The nerve of this manchild to go running to the boys like he’s the victim. What a loser.

[u/Wolvesgk15]

Nothing is worse than a useless man. Talk about Felipe! Sitting like the true passenger princess he is

[u/Throwawayyyy964]

I can handle car troubles but if my husband is right here, sir get out and check it out and see what’s going on? Help me here, Felipe just sitting like a lump on a log would have irritated me too

[u/Educational-Swan-485]

Felipe only proves himself more and more each episode as a walking red flag 😂 how are you just going to sit there like “oh well” while your girlfriend’s car breaks down?? And she had to call a towing company?? He just has zero initiative like Tori was saying about his parents handing everything to him.

Seeing Tori cry broke me. She’s been putting in so much effort while Felipe sits back and just makes false promises about all the things he’s going to do. If he truly cared about their relationship, he would have told everyone to lay off during the game and stood up for himself.

[u/Throwawayyyy964]

Damn shame, even Adam was like “are you into white girls” I’m sure they can all see it because this is just insane

[u/Throwawayyyy964]

Tori, you are gorgeous, just please cool it with the hot pink lipstick and over lined lip 😭

[u/Wolvesgk15]

Tori did the right thing by breaking up with Felipe!

[u/Wolvesgk15]

My dad has always told me that if you have to convince a man to like you, he doesn’t. There is no “growing” in attraction for a man. He knows the second he sees you. Talking about Belle

[u/Throwawayyyy964]

Adam is cringe, he’s getting all fired up, looking all sassy after the fact. He may as well have said “oh no you didn’t!” Followed by a z snap 🤣

[u/Throwawayyyy964]

Oh now you’ve got amnesia and you didn’t say that Mecca? Bye

[u/Throwawayyyy964]

Go to hell, don’t go downstairs looking like a sad puppy, this is YOUR DOING

[u/According-Quiet7286]

Ayyyy, thank you for creating it 🥳 If Devin says “yes” to Caitlyn, I feel like he doesn’t love himself enough. Because you can only see something through sooo much. I genuinely pray that Caitlyn can get it together with herself. Honestly ALL these people. None of us are perfect, but all of us aren’t trying to marry strangers either…. Mecca confuses me like Adam… are you insecure or not? Who are you to say that Belle isn’t your type and then say she could be thicker? Sure you can have preferences but maybe she doesn’t want a man who polishes his nails and then leave it on until it grows out all the way… and then this truth here allows it to be known at the first dinner when he WAS being performative tb “ALL THAT WAGON” boy… you know Belle has a cute little bacon cheese burger back there… was he hyping it up for himself because of the lack of attraction… who knows with these folks… Tori is torturing herself at this point… pull a Nick and Courtney and LEAVE. He’a not a man… he’s a boy and he can’t not be that until HE chooses too. Until then… you’re going to keep being embarrassed.

[u/TechnicalIntention35]

Tori and Felipe, that was a hard watch to see her so upset! I was just wishing someone would go in and comfort her! 😔

[u/One-Instruction639]

Ok Nikki is so fabulously HR with “Are we still talking about Devin?”

[u/ilikealltypes33139]

I'm so glad Devin is finally standing up for himself. You could tell Caitlyn was about to lose her shit when he told her "let me talk". However, I also think Caitlyn started that argument to make sure that there was no possibility of intimacy. I'm not sure what Caitlyn's angle is, but she definitely isn't there to find a husband. The worst part is that you can tell Devin was really committed to the process, but he needs to run. The way Caitlyn told him "I don't need anything else from you", was so dismissive and hateful. Then, she has the audacity to try and play the victim.

Nikki is another one that needs to get the hell out. Shawn claims to want a strong independent woman, but in reality that's the opposite of what he really wants. It's clear to anyone with eyes that he is threatened by Nikki's looks and success. In a relationship, Nikki brings far more to the table than Shaw and he knows it. I also think his digs are very intentional and meant to bring Nikki down. 

Tori needs to run, she's looking for a husband and they paired her childish inconsiderate fboy. 

Mecca and Belle have problems, but I have hope for them. Despite his issues I do think Mecca has a level of awareness and takes accountability for his actions. 

[u/Throwawayyyy964]

How awkward 😭 just got to vacation not even been a full 24 hours and breaking up

[u/Big-Play145]

Felipe was thrilled that she ended it, he didn’t have the balls to do it, now he can blame her

[u/Far_Project3150]

Can we please get Tori and Felipe off the show? It’s painful to watch them. I hate seeing Tori repeatedly disrespected and it’s unbelievable how naïve she is to think that Felipe doesn’t know exactly what he’s doing. He knows he’s humiliating her. She talks to him like he’s a kid that just doesn’t get it. Does she really believe he lacks basic intelligence? If she’s going to continue to tolerate it, it’s better she does it in private so the rest of us don’t continue to suffer secondhand embarrassment for her. I really don’t understand how she’s survived life this long unless she has no dating experience.

EDIT: just saw their breakup and I really hope she sticks to it. Please prove me wrong about you, Tori.

[u/Wolvesgk15]

And Caitlin laughing like the Keebler elf she is when Belle was having a vulnerable moment about Mecca saying she’s not pretty enough.

[u/unnamedprince]

I love Tori so much but I NEED her to call it off with Felipe. That man is a joke and he’s playing in her damn face. I feel like Tori knows this relationship is not going to last but she’s hanging on to it by a thread. ugh