Arranged: The Couples Meet (Season 1, Episode 9) | Full Episode | Lifetime

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Everyone's gonna be meeting for the first time, all three couples. - I was really curious about your wedding night. Y'all were both virgins. - No good. I'm getting agitated. - And it's really hard for me. (laughs) - Megan. - When I saw it, I just couldn't take it anymore. I was just kind of like reliving that moment. - The dowry came up. Explain it. Not everybody gets it. - It's more of a present. - So if the dowry wasn't given though, would you have gone through with it? - I don't know. ♪ cheerful music ♪ ♪ cheerful music ♪ [windchimes] ♪ cheerful music ♪ ♪ pop music ♪ ♪ pop music ♪ [wind chimes] - Hi Payel! - Hey, how are you? - Good, how are you? - Wow, look at this! This looks so nice. Good to see you. - How are you? - Today we are having a dinner party. We've got the couples coming in from the East Coast. We're here on the West Coast. Everyone's gonna be meeting for the first time, all three couples. It's gonna be a fun night of dinner, games, partying. Are you excited to meeting everyone? Everyone's coming! - Nervous, excited, like I feel like we know them. - It finally closes a loop, I feel. - I'm so excited to meet the other couples, just because of the three different perspectives that we all bring, but yet there's these common threads. You know, the whole mama's boy thing, clearly Veeral is not the only one (laughs) that suffers from that affliction. - So one of the things I've got planned for today, we're gonna go and watch some clips, so that'll be cool. - Awesome. - I want to see everybody's reactions. It's gonna be really neat to see their dynamics 'cause I'm sure everybody has questions for each other. - I think I'm most excited to meet Maria and Christian. You know, and really Christian, why the short fuse? Like what's going on there? - Right. - It is interesting that there's so many parallels between, you know, the Indian way and the Gypsy way, like the nuclear family right away, right off the bat. - Yeah but it's that way with Meghan and Josh too. - So Meghan and I, I think we're real contrasting. She wants to kind of embody that 1950s housewife, and I feel like that is very different from what my perspective is. Honestly, this isn't Leave It To Beaver. - Are you gonna bring this up to her? - You think I'm gonna chicken out? Let's get under this, let's get deep and figure out why. ♪ Romani music ♪ - We're coming with Christian and Maria because Christian and Maria are still young and they need chaperones. -They're young. - Christian can't check into a hotel room. - I'm very excited to go to Los Angeles. I was never in LA. - The last time I was in LA, I was about ten, so I think-- - About 28 years. - Shh. It's been about 10 years. (laughs) - Yeah, in your dreams, okay. Where are we going? - To California. - Maria. - We're going to LA. We've never met the other couples on Arranged. I'm looking forward to meeting them. I'm excited to see their version of being arranged. I want to know more about it. - [Nina] Hey Chris, did you pick out any outfits for Maria to put in the suitcase? - No, I'm gonna start right now. Meghan and Josh are very different from us. I feel like the Southern lifestyle is like a different country, and Ragini and Veeral are almost as old as my mom and dad. I mean, it's just gonna be weird. - I'm trying to get everything ready. I'm really nervous about going. I have pretty much all of Christian's stuff packed. I don't want to be asked, you know, why am I treated like a slave? Because I'm not a slave. That's my culture and our tradition to take care of your husband and to take care of his family. - [Michael] Chris, you got some money on you to buy Maria something? - I was hoping to use your debit. - To use my debit? (laughs) - It's gonna be interesting for all three couples to be together in one house. - Alright, we're out of here. - [Christian] Car's waiting for us, our luggage is here. I know that they're gonna have some questions about us, we're gonna have some questions about them, but of course you have to expect the unexpected. ♪ country music ♪ [wind chimes] - We have never been to LA, nowhere near it. - Never been in a city as big as LA. - I am excited to see the Hollywood sign. And I'm excited to maybe see some famous people. How much do you think it weighs? - Might be close to 50. - [Meghan] Really? Can I put something in your bag? - No. - [Meghan] I can't put a hair dryer? - [Josh] Why would you bring a hair dryer? - Because I need a hair dryer. - [Josh] The hotel will have a hair dryer. - [Meghan] I need mine. - We're gonna be meeting all of the other couples. - And I am so nervous. - Yeah I'm excited and nervous. - [Meghan] Taking Gandalf into daycare. I am most nervous about meeting Ragini. She seems very confident. She's intimidating. - There's the Capitol Records building. I'm interested to see how conversations go down at dinner. I want to ask Christian a few questions about the way he acts toward Maria and why. If Christian does disrespect Maria in front of me, I would have to say something. ♪ gentle music ♪ - [Payel] So Josh and Meghan, I think, are heading on over. Are you excited? - Nice, yeah, it's really exciting to see them finally. - I think I may have defied your order of vegetables. - (gasps) Oh my gosh! (laughs) - I know! - Okay first of all, the skewer is this way. - Oh is that why it wasn't going through? - The sharp part. - Oh my gosh, hon. - You married me. What does that say about you? (doorbell rings) - [Meghan] I'm nervous. - [Josh] Yeah. - Hello! - Hey! How are you? - I'm well! Look at you! - I love your dress. - Welcome! - Thanks! Thank you for having us. - Welcome to LA. - So nice to meet you! - You look gorgeous! Ragini kind of scares me a little bit. She is older than me, she knows a lot more than me, and I just don't want to say something and sound stupid. - Well cheers, guys! Welcome to LA. - [Meghan] Thank you for having us. - [Ragini] My pleasure. - [Josh] Yeah great to meet y'all. - Two arranged marriages. - I know, right? (laughs) - How is it? How are you guys doing? - We're doing great I think. I think. - Yeah, I'm good, no I'm good. - How are y'all doing? - You know, we're good. - Okay so you guys, for me, the elephant in the room. Christian and Maria. - It's fired you up a little bit. - I would just never talk down to Meghan. - If Josh ever said anything to me, I mean, I'm gonna snap right back at him. You're not gonna talk to me like that. - He can be a little (bleep). Give the girl some respect, this is just. - I agree, 100 percent. - This is just too much. - If he talks to her like that tonight... there'll be problems. - I feel like the girls are probably gonna gang up on me and tell me, "Why do you let him treat you like that? "You need to speak up for yourself." - I'm expecting the worst. I'm expecting that they're gonna kill me. (knock) - Don't punch him right away, okay? - Welcome! - Hi! - Come on in! - We brang you some flowers. - So nice to meet you, I'm Payel. - Hi, I'm Christian. - Christian, nice to meet you. - Maria, nice to meet you. - [all] Hi! - How are you? - I'm good, how are you doing? - Oh you guys are so cute! - Nice to finally meet you man. - [Christian] Hopefully they realize that I've changed and that I was just adjusting to the marriage lifestyle and that I was a kid trying to become a man. - So my husband's watching the show and my husband sees your dad, and my husband goes, "Why do they keep showing his brother?" - Yeah they're like our age, literally. - My mom is 38 and my dad just turned 38. - Wow. That is a scary thought, right? That's why you go for the wine. (laughs) - I mean take it like this, my grandfather is 56. - Wow. - My parents are 70. - My dad is 63. - Wow. That's something about our culture, though. They have families at a very young age. That way you could see your great-great-grandfather. - Right. - [Josh] Do you talk to girls before you get married? - You don't really talk to girls before you get married. It's weird because you're waiting on your family to arrange you. - Girls are like kept in a-- - Bottle. - Yeah basically, like they don't want them to talk to any boys and they even take them out of school earlier. - Growing up in the States, in New York, I mean, how do you feel? - It's normal for us to not, you know, we have girlfriends and everything, but we don't have boys to talk to. - So you never went to like prom or anything? Those types of things? - No. - So what happens when you guys go to parties? - At parties or weddings or whatever, it's a bunch of Gypsy people and the guys usually hang out with the guys and the girls hang out with the girls. - So it's like a big middle school party until you get married. When do you start having kids? - My mom and dad had me at 19, 20, so I mean. - So y'all are about to get started? - Well it's whatever God wants. I put it in God's hands. I mean, I don't know when we'll have kids. - Do you practice safe sex until you think you're ready, or? - You don't have to answer that. - Next question. - You can plead the fifth, it's fine. - We'll talk later. - I want to say thank you for coming to my home. I hope you guys enjoy your night, but just know nothing is off limits. Anyone can ask anything so just be prepared. Cheers guys. - That might be the scariest toast I've ever heard. - Yeah and I'm your brother! Like what the hell. (laughs) - [all] Cheers! - We met the couples. They were very outspoken. They talk about things that are kinda disrespectful to our culture. They're a little pushy and I think that it's just not right. I'm trying to keep my cool, but I mean, I'm gonna get a little sick of it, and if that happens, I mean, I don't know what I'm gonna say. (doorbell rings) - I heard the doorbell ringing. I'll be right back, let's see who's here! So we have some surprise guests. Meghan. - [Meghan] I felt so embarrassed but I knew I couldn't sit at the table anymore. I had to get up and walk away. Just kinda back off a little bit. ♪ lively music ♪ [wind chimes] ♪ lively music ♪ - Veeral, I'll let you lead us. - Please, let's go to the man station. Let's grill these bad boys. We got some beers here. - I'll sit right here? - Yeah I'm gonna sit in the shade. I don't wanna get sunburn. - Let's crack open some beers and start grilling, guys. - I'll take a Coke or a Pepsi, whatever. (laughs) - Every time I'm in your kitchen, I end up having too much wine. - I know because I think you're nervous. - I get nervous when I'm in my mother-in-law's kitchen. You know, it can be something just as simple as - [both] cutting a bell pepper. - "That's not how you do it, Meghan, "You should do it like this, oh I cannot believe you don't know how to do this." - How bout you, Maria, like the meatloaf, the first time you had to make? - How was that? - It was a little nervousing that everyone was just standing around watching me, watching what I was doing. That was like, "why are you guys staring at me?" - We're all staring at her. - Yeah we're staring at her cutting carrots. - It's getting me nervous. This is my first big test. If this meal doesn't come out good, I don't know what I'm gonna do. - I can't even cook for myself, much less a whole household. - I look forward to being a stay-at-home mom one day. - You do? - Oh yeah. - It's a lot of work. It's a job times ten. - Right, and I think it's important to be able to juggle both, being a working woman and being a mom. - When I think of roles in Southern traditional families, I see it as back in the 1950s where the wife stays at home and she cooks and she cleans, with lots of kids in my huge stone house. - When you said the 1950s housewife, I gotta say, I feel like at this point we've come so far from the 1950s. You know, I don't need to be in the kitchen wearing a frock and pearls and be like, you know, "here I am, quintessential housewife!" - [Payel] Apparently I am the quintessential housewife - Right and you know, I didn't mean that out of any disrespect, but I feel like what I would want is to kind of be the modern version of doing those things. So yeah maybe I hire a chef because I'm making that much money, you know. I want to hustle like that. - [Meghan] Look, I grew up with my mom working her butt off and not being able to come to a lot of my school functions like cheerleading competitions and things like that. I want to be there for my kids because she couldn't because work got in the way, and Josh wants the same thing for me. He wants me to be able to be there for our kids and he's gonna be the same way. That's why he chose to go into radiology because of the schedule. - [Josh] So I do have a few questions for you, man. I was really curious about your wedding night. You do look a little bit nervous. - I have to be a little nervous. - [Veeral] It's a little taboo in your culture. - There we go again. I can't talk about it. You guys can talk more, whatever you want to talk about but. - Well it does seem like Meghan and I are definitely the most open I guess as far as our sex goes. - We were talking earlier about experiences with women prior to your wedding. Was it just nerve-racking never knowing-- - Was it nerve-racking never talking to Maria? Yes. It was nerve-racking not knowing her, it was nerve-racking not ever really seeing, seeing her from a distance. - How was it never really, I'm assuming that y'all were both virgins wedding night. - No good. I'm getting agitated. We can't, just, we can't talk about it. Can't. My culture means a lot to me. You shouldn't be disrespecting me like that. I mean, I had to get mad at him and I had to show him that, you know, I'm not this pushover, you know what I'm saying. You're not gonna keep bothering me and keep mentioning things that shouldn't be mentioned so don't get me involved in the conversation after I told you that I'm not gonna do it. I hope that the girls are a little more understanding with Maria than what the guys are with me. - Ladies, we have to talk about your wedding night experiences. - So I thought we should maybe play a clip. - [Ragini] Let's do it. - That's me. - Uh oh! - Today is the first day of our marriage. I'm a wife! (laughs) - Now that we're married, we can have sex a lot. - That's normally what married people do, so yes. Well our family, they stayed at the hotel so that morning when we got up and we saw them, I kinda felt like putting my head down a little bit 'cause you know that they're thinking, "what happened?" - What about you, Maria? - Was it awkward? - I can't talk about that. - Why is it that you can't? - It's just very disrespectful. To my family, to everyone. - Do you hold hands? - We don't do holding hands. - You don't even do that. - But we don't show anything at all. And it's very hard for people to take that in, to understand that, like how don't you hold hands even or just stuff like that don't happen. - Well I mean obviously you hold hands, obviously things happen, it's just something you don't necessarily talk about. - Or do in front of people. This is a little bit awkward because we came here and now we're hanging out with these people that we really don't know. I feel like everyone is disrespecting our culture a little bit because they just keep on going on and on and talking about stupid things, so it makes me uncomfortable and it's just not right. It's just not right. [wind chimes] - So guys welcome again. Once again I'm welcoming you guys into my home. Let's enjoy our dinner. We're gonna have a fun night tonight. We're gonna be playing clips for you guys and I want to see your guys's thoughts and what you think of what's been going on thus far. - I'm really scared right now. - [Meghan] I am too. - Are you scared? - Yeah, I don't know, it's always weird to see yourself on camera, much less with everyone there. - Well I think there's a lot of burning questions that we all have for each other and I mean this is the sort of perfect time and way to do it. - I'm preparing to get killed. - So on that note, I'm sure you guys had a great time in experiencing your own wedding but I think it's great to take a look back. Here we go! ♪ gentle music ♪ - Hi! - Oh god help me. (laughs) - She's a good lady in training. She's a Southern lady in training. We're trying to teach her, we are constantly correcting her. She eats good Southern food too. She loves to eat. - That's gonna be a problem. Big problem. - Being caught in the middle of two very powerful women and what they want is definitely tough, but Southern men are in a way mama's boys. You know, mama's always gonna win. (laughs) - So what was it like dealing with that stress? - It kinda pissed me off. It's my wedding and the spotlight was on his mom, I mean come on. - And since then my mom has had to adjust a lot to not being the woman in my life, Meghan is. My mom is understanding that a lot more now. - It was definitely worth it because she would have been pissed at me if they-- - It just would've started everything - It would have started everything - And now my mom always has that moment and it makes her happier than it makes me. - So Veeral, Ragini, I was at your wedding. So let's take a look back at Veeral and Ragini's nuptials. - I'm gonna marry you tomorrow. I can't believe that's happening. Did you write your vows yet? - I haven't written my vows yet! - You haven't written your vows yet? - Zero. Nada. - Veeral, that's not good. Veeral, my vows are so good they made me cry. - [Ragini watching] I said my vows made me cry. - Your vows made you cry? My vows will make you cry too. - I can't believe that Veeral has not written his vows yet. I'm gonna go out there. What is going on? This should have been set up. I don't want them to come and it to look like this. Not to be completely Bridezilla, but this day is for the bride, so just do what I say. - You look amazing. - I almost started crying. - She looks stunning and I've never seen her that pretty in my life. This is the girl I want to spend the rest of my life with. I take you to be my best friend, my faithful partner and my love. - You find that on the net? - [Veeral watching] I wrote it dude, geez. - I will forever be there to laugh with you, to lift you up when you are down, and to love you unconditionally through all our adventures and a life that we are gonna make together. (clapping) - Veeral, your smile and your energy have healing powers for me. I know with you by my side, I can conquer anything. I promise to be loving, patient, and faithful to you. I promise to bear one to nine children since I know that is a requirement to After it is said and done, I pray that we meet again in every lifetime, and in every lifetime I get to be your wife. I love you. (clapping and cheering) - [Payel] You pulled it off with your vows. - Last minute, short, sweet. - [Payel] Yeah I have to admit, they were good. But your vows really brought the tears. - The kids, the cooking, all the things that I know mean a lot to you. - So did it make up for your Bridezilla moment? - Well I would've handled it the same way you did. I would have just been like, "oh my goodness, "why is this not ready?" - His family is the one that does the weddings and the engagement parties and everything, so if anybody would freak out about something like that, it would be my mother-in-law because I'm not there to be a Bridezilla. - To be freaked out, you're just showing up. - With you guys, it was as you said, your parents. - It was yeah, it was all my mom's imagination. - It was all her? All her. Well let's take a look at your mom's imagination and see how it pans out. - Oh dear lord (bleep). (laughs) - Whatever you like just tell me. Don't be embarrassed. - Today is the first time I'm actually alone with my soon-to-be mother-in-law. - It's the biggest dress I have in the store. - Take this one. I wanna see how she looks in it. - It's making me realize that this will be my mother. - I'm gonna look at the (mumbles). - I'm falling on this dress. - That looks so beautiful. - It's itchy. - Very pretty. That's what caught my eye. So are you ready for marriage, you think you're ready? I can only imagine how you feel. I mean you know me, but you don't know me know me. I could be the devil. (laughter) - Good to see you. How's everything? - How are ya? - Good. - Right now I'm really nervous about the wedding. All the traditions need to be fulfilled. I paid a dowry for Maria. I paid somewhere between 10 and 15 thousand dollars. That's the average price. You pay a dowry for our daughters because you know, they're going to a new family. And we want them to treat them a little more because they're paid for them. You know, if I was to buy this shirt for 500 dollars, I'm gonna take care of it a little more than I would take care of it for nothing. - [Josh] That might not have been the best analogy. - I got it for free. I might just throw it around. - I think it was off the top of the head. - [Payel] I get it. I thought it was cool that you actually went shopping for your dress with your mom-in-law. That's something I actually did with my mother-in-law. That's pretty cool. - That's something I would never do with my mother-in-law. - Really. - Why? - Because I feel like it's just I would want to pick my choice, I don't want to feel obligated to pick her choice. - So guys on the last clip, the dowry came up. Explain it. Not everybody gets it. I mean, paying for a bride. - It's not like we're paying for Maria. By no means do we buy people. People are not for sale. It's more of a present saying "Thank you for your daughter." You know, "We appreciate what you're doing for us." "You're giving your daughter to our son." Like Maria's mom and dad are used to having Maria in the house. Maria would cook, Maria would clean, Maria would help them, and now that's gone. - Indian people have dowry as well, but I'm gonna challenge Christian on one thing. You did refer to her family no longer has the help. So it felt like when you were saying that that you were saying "she's coming over to now be "the cook and the cleaning for this new house." - No what I mean by that is she was taught by her mom to take care of the house, and I mean it might be a little old school, like 1920s, 1930s. - Yeah, it is. - So if the dowry wasn't given though, it would have been disrespectful to Maria's family. How would you feel if like they didn't give a gift? - To me and to I guess every Gypsy it would have been a little disrespectful because-- - It would have been a little weird. - That's a way of saying thank you so for you to take my daughter and not give me anything. - Would you have gone through with it? - Answer her question. - Would you have gone through with it? - Would I have gone through with it if they didn't give anything to my family? I don't know. [wind chimes] - So if the dowry wasn't given though, would you have gone through with it? - Would I have gone through with it if they didn't give anything to my family? I don't know. - That was a terrible answer. - (laughs) I don't know. - Maybe she's conflicted. - You should have said that you would have been with me no matter what. - Aww. - Would you say that there are some Gypsy girls that are forced into this, that maybe don't feel the way that you do? - No because we're learned this way. - [Christian] Taught. - But there's not one Gypsy girl out there that might not want to cook, clean, and stay home? - Ragini, Ragini, let me say, that still is in our tradition too, you know that, right? - Well I don't think so. - No it is, it is. It is, girls are taught in our culture-- - She wasn't taught jack shit. - I was taught to work and hustle. - You're the exception. - Yeah there could be some women that are raised not to-- - Some women that may not want to do it but they feel like they have to conform. - You know what, if they don't want to do it, let them get a maid, that's all I got to say. - Okay so that is possible, that you can say, like, I'm gonna get married, but I'm gonna get a maid. - Of course! - The thing is, I think that everyone can do both. I clean, cook, take care of him, take care of his family, and I work. - That's great. - But for you to say it's been forced on. - I didn't say that at all. Did you hear me say that? - No people on social media do say that's slavery and you're forced to, but it's not. - But the point is if Maria wants to be a housewife, she can be a housewife. If she wants to work, fine, whatever she wants to do, she could do. - Okay guys so clearly Maria wasn't forced into as they were saying, like slavery and all this. This is something you want to do, you're happy. So let's take a look at this clip. ♪ Romani music ♪ Uh oh. - (mumbles) you're on the game. - Are you serious right now? - Get off the game. I'm very serious. - Get away. - I don't want to! That's all you do is play the game. I never see you. - Because you never talk. - How about because-- - Shut up. - Well I don't talk because every time I talk you always give me an attitude. - I give you an attitu I give you an attitude - That was bad guys, I was mad. I said something that shouldn't have been said. - You're only happy when you're with everybody else but when you're with me you're mad. - Don't raise your voice at me. - Yes I could, don't talk to me like that. - I don't like when you raise your voice at me. I could raise my voice at you, you can't raise your voice at me. Maybe if you was more like my mother, more like your sister. You don't talk. You don't do nothing. - Don't compare me to people. I'm my own person. Do I compare you to anybody else? - No but you don't understand what I'm saying. - No I understand. - [Payel] You're not listening! - I'm happy with everyone else because they give me a conversation. - You make me feel like maybe you made a mistake. - Well you know what, maybe I did. - Oh really. Then why don't I just go. I'll just leave and maybe your life will be better. Maybe you'll be happy again. - Wow. - I'll say, that was the scene that made me the maddest all season. - I don't know what was wrong with me. I mean watching it, I apologized to her just now. I mean it's just, it wasn't right. I was talking to her like she was my younger sister, bossing her around and telling her what to do and when to do it and then it starts to look like slavery. That's why I understand that some people were saying that. After this I figured out that nothing's that serious. - And I told him how I felt and he actually stopped and listened. And now he's a different person. - Just so that you don't feel bad, you guys aren't the only ones who have had issues. Let's take a look. - Oh (sigh) okay it's not us. Not yet. - Thank you. - Thank you. - I'm always one to seek out help when I need it and we're gonna go see a spiritual adviser for that. - Oh [bleep]. - I think it's gonna be my temper coming out now. I'm very kind of anal retentive and neurotic about lifestyle, what I eat, how much I work out. And for Veeral, I think it's a little different. - I want you to reenact a recent argument. Be in it and don't be afraid. - You promised in front of God that you would have one to nine kids. - One to nine doesn't mean it has to be coming out of my own body, it doesn't mean it has to be during these critical years. - It's implied! - No it doesn't - What do you think? - Sad. - What do you think? - Crazy. - Bigger. - You're badgering me. - Psycho-ass [bleep]. - [bleep] you, [bleep]. (laughter) - I think you and Christian are like that. In the show you guys look so bossy. (laughter) - I can relate to Veeral on some things because he is very hard on me, and it's different when it's coming from a male instead of a female because then sometimes it makes me feel bad about my body. - You know what he means is probably it's good for your mental health and it's good for your physical health, so there's only benefits to be had. - And she agrees. - I do agree. - Every time that she wakes up early and-- - But it's a very sensitive subject. - It's very sensitive and it hurts. - She says stuff to me about how she feels bad and I'm like-- - Then do something about it. - Yeah don't complain about it, do something about it. - You know I push Veeral to exercise because it's such a big part of my life and he used to have some issues in that area and it's a hard thing to dial back. - Back to you guys. Let's take a look at Meghan and Josh. - Keep going. - No! You're gonna make me fall on my face. - Run! Meghan is not feeling it at all. - I think my chins are shaking. (laughter) - Something wrong with you? 'Cause that sucked. - No I just don't feel good about myself. - Alright well to feel better you're gonna have to work. I'll tell you what you need to eat, if you'll listen to me. - I think we should go down the chip aisle. Do they have a chip aisle? - No. (laughter) - Oh my god. - Nope, 38 grams of sugar. - Is that bad? - Yeah! (laughter) - Joshua! Why don't I just have this last sweet tea and then I can start tomorrow. - Why did we do any of the stuff that we did today if all you're gonna do is just give up and go drink more sweet tea? - I feel like you want me to be more like you and I'm not like you. - Alright. Well here let me have some sweet tea. I can't have a little? - Just a little bit, but don't drink it all. - Thank you. - Josh! No for real you better not. That's my last one! Please don't do that. - Totally cool, Josh. - Not cool. - Here you go. I'll fill it up with water. - That's messed up man. - Not at all. You were trying to help her. - I had to teach her. - I just need to go right now. I just don't want him to see me like this. He tries really hard and I know he's just telling me that to help me, but I know I'm not making him happy and it's just really hard for me. - Meghan! music ♪ ♪ dreary music ♪ [wind chimes] - Meghan. Meghan! - I felt so embarrassed but I knew I couldn't sit at the table anymore. I had to get up and walk away because that fight, when I saw it I just couldn't take it anymore. It's just kinda like reliving that moment. - It's alright. - It's hard for me to see that. Did you see how Veeral and Ragini, that is how we are. But it's opposite. - All I know is that these two used to both be like 250 pounds and I just work towards helping Veeral to maintain that because-- - But you've never been big and you never realize the commitment it takes. It's a sensitive subject, you know. - I just remembered how I felt in that moment and I had gained weight since the wedding and... - I don't think you need to do anything. I think you're perfect. - Just kind of back off a little bit. - Okay. - Okay. - Will you hug me and kiss me? - Yep. - I love you. - Love you. - What is sweet tea, is that iced tea? (laughter) - It's like a Southern thing, I think. It's sweetened but like times two. - It's Lipton tea bags, ice, and like 20 pounds of sugar. - Yeah. - Sorry about that. - Are you okay? - I had a moment. - Well you did, Josh, taking that sweet tea away from her, Ragini's done this to me before where I could see why that really hurt you when Josh did that. I felt the same way like, "why the hell would you do that to me?" - It hurts me that you think that I'm coming from a bad place for this. - You know what else Josh, you seem like a really high achiever and I get that. I feel like I push myself in every aspect, so it's hard to recognize you can't impose it on your partner always and Veeral often has been like "keep me on track, "don't let me do this, if I try to just stop me," and then when I do it, I'm like, "well you told me to." - It's a very sensitive subject. You know, we've asked for help and you have to not jump your boundaries, because if you do it, it backfires. - Well that was a fun dinner. - Interesting. - So how bout on a lighter note we go into the patio for some dessert and some games? - Sounds like fun. - And no sweet tea. (laughter) ♪ lively music ♪ - Alright guys, come out this way. Let's play some games! - As long as we're not watching any more clips. (laughter) (doorbell rings) - I heard the doorbell ringing. I'll be right back. Let's see who's here. - God I don't think we need anymore surprises today. - [Payel] Hi, so nice to meet you. Welcome. Come on out guys. So we have some surprise guests. - Hi! - Nina and Michael! - Hi, nice to meet you. - Ragini, Veeral. - So nice to meet you. - You look amazing. Let me tell you something. You're beautiful. - Thank you. Same to you. Gorgeous. - Alright guys, have a seat, have a seat. - Was Christian behaving? - Very much so, yes. - He was a gentleman. - How did you guys feel after watching all this play out, as parents? - I was surprised at Christian. I looked at himlike, "Christian, my goodness. You're so evil." (laughs) - But he doesn't necessarily know, right? Because he hasn't been in a relationship. - Yeah and what I seen about you is you guys are very very close to our culture. In our culture, you're not allowed to date before marriage. - In ours either, but we... - Sneakily? (laughter) - You're not allowed to date but-- - I think it's done sneakily in ours too. - But yeah you don't know. (laughs) - What did you do? (laughter) - Alright guys, we are gonna play the Newly Arranged game. (cheering) - Okay so what I'm gonna do is I'm gonna hand out these dry erase boards to the ladies, I'm gonna ask you guys questions, and then the men will have to guess what the ladies write. So don't look, don't cheat. Ready? Write down what your husband thinks is his best physical feature. - I think we all know Maria's answer. (laughter) (whispers) - Wait, Ragini, did you just cheat? - No! - Did you whisper something? - No! - Okay. - Veeral. - I think she would say my jawline. - What is it what is it what is it? - His smile. - Christian. - My hair. (clapping, cheering) - Josh. - Face. - I was gonna put that but I was thinking when you worked out, your arms. - So you guys got that wrong. In the lead are the Millers. Question two. While you and your husband were watching episodes of Arranged, who was the one person your husband was the most irritated by? Got it? Okay, Veeral. - It was Christian. (laughter) [wind chimes] - Wow. - Alright, who is it, Christian? - I'm gonna say Ragini. And don't get mad. - I picked you, you have a right to pick me. - Who did you write? - I got that wrong. (laughs) - Josh? Why would I be mad at Josh? (laughter) This guy benches like 335, what are you doing? - Alright guys. Josh, what do you think? - Christian. - Not anymore, I swear. - Everybody hates me! - My god, guys. You're hating on my husband. - Aww. - Losers! (laughter) - Oh my god. - Next question, next question. What is your husband's most irritating habit? - Oh. - He has so many. - So many? (laughs) Got it? Do we all have it? (Ragini whispers) - [Veeral] No. - What? - What? What, no it's not! - Are you sure? - No no I didn't, I didn't. - Veeral. - Not putting down the toilet lid. - So Ragini, what is it? Not doing the dishes. - Ahh okay. - Alright, Christian. - It's biting my nails. - Biting nails. - Are you a nail biter? - Josh, what's your most irritating habit? - Probably blowing my nose. - Not making the bed, come on! - It's anti-habit! (clapping) lectronic music ♪ ♪ electronic music ♪ [wind chimes] - Christian and Maria are in the lead! Look at that. And now it's time for the men. - This is where we lose. - Our marriage would be perfect if my wife and I could just agree on blank. - I got it! (Ragini whispers) I wasn't! - Ragini is cheating? - Yes she was cheating! - I wasn't cheating, I was saying "write the answer!" - She's very competitive. She hates to lose. - No I was like, "write the answer." - "I'm not cheating" but yet it's on camera! - That doesn't count then! - It's not gonna count. It's not gonna count. Maria. - Video games. - Oh yeah. - I thought he was gonna say either that or listening. - How do you like that? - He listens! - Alright, Meghan. - Just finances and how we spend our money. (laughter) - No. - No? What is it? - Morning routine and wake-up time. - Well that's one too. - The next question. What is your wife's most irritating habit? - If you don't get this right, I'm... - Okay, Veeral and Ragini. - Do it, Ragini. - Biting my nails. - Nail biting! - Maria and Christian. - I think cutting my cuticles. - Oh that was a good one! No, putting on makeup like 150 times a day. - You make me look like I'm a drag queen. (laughter) - That's not what I meant! - Alright, Meghan. - Sleeping in. - Yes, oh my gosh! - Good job! - Last question, right? - Alright, what percentage of the housework does your wife actually do? Ragini. - We get a housekeeper once a week so I would say 25%? - What? - What about you guys? - I guess 50 'cause we both clean. - That's good! - Wow, dang! - I thought you were gonna say 100! - No because you guys share our house so there's two girls in the house. (groans) - Meghan. - Ninety-five. - Ninety-five? (laughter) The winners of the Newly Arranged game are the Millers. (clapping) - Can we clap for ourselves? - I thought we were gonna lose. - Me too! - You did a good job. - You guys do know each other. - We know each other. You guys lived with each other, you don't know each other. You guys... - Maria, what's going on? (laughter) - [Veeral] Damn, those are fighting words right now. - Christian. (laughter) - She's got feistiness in her. - I love it. - We whipped them. We kicked their butts. - Yeah, we really killed them. - It wasn't even close. And you know what, I learned that me and Maria really do know each other. - We really do know each other, a lot more than we actually think. - It was wonderful to really get to know each and every one of you. All of the myths that we've had have been dispelled and I think that's great. The one question I do have is what are your future plans? - So far we've been working together and we're getting better at just knowing each other. In the future probably have a family and see what happens from there. - Nice. Meghan, Josh? - Having babies soon. - Yeah we're planning to have kids soon. And living by ourselves now, without a roommate, which is nice. - No snakes. - No snakes right now. - And you guys? - I see a family in the future, you know. - I think the next step is maybe starting with a dog. Careers I think is obviously the number one. - I feel that America might see this and say like, "oh my gosh, she walks all over you" but there is give and take in this relationship, like any relationship. It's not the final destination, it's the journey that we have with our partner, that's what's important. - Well on that note, I hope you guys have a safe safe journey home and thank you so much once again for coming. - Thank you for having us. - Marriage is work for everyone, no matter how picture perfect it might look. - Let's hug it out. Thank you so much. - I even used tonight to learn a little bit. - Yeah, we didn't win the game and I thought I knew him so well. We still have a lot to learn. - It was such a pleasure. - Thank you. - Thank you for coming. - Tonight was fantastic. - The best part I think was just having so many things in common with the couples because I thought we was totally gonna be totally different. - I'll see you in a couple days. - Nice meeting you too. (laughs) - It was so much fun just meeting the other couples and seeing how many commonalities we actually have. - I felt Josh and you are very similar. Your working-out tendencies, your diet. - But I'm also similar to Christian in some ways. - Your craziness and anger issues. (laughs) - It was so wonderful to meet you guys. - Thank you for having us. - I thought that Ragini was gonna be stuck up and she wasn't. - She looked mean, but she's not. - And I thought Meghan, I thought she was gonna be like an airhead, but she's not. - All of them are very intelligent. - Very nice people. - Very very smart. - The way they speak is very perfect. - Thanks guys. Good night! - At the end of the day, culture aside, we were all arranged, and that's the main thing. We relate to married couples that are newlyweds. - [Voiceover] Next on a special Rearranged episode. You'll see some of the wildest-- - Don't yell at me. - Don't roll. Guys, stop. - [Voiceover] And most shocking moments from the series. - I don't think a woman should be president. - [Voiceover] Tune in for outtakes from tonight's episode. - Quiet please, lock it up. - They call them the spawn of Satan. - I didn't know that one. - Yeah, I didn't want to tell you. - [Voiceover] Along with revealing never-before-seen clips from the entire season. - Oh what did I hit? - Veeral No!
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Length: 43min 23sec (2603 seconds)
Published: Tue Feb 25 2020
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