MAFS 2025 Episode 36 Recap: The couples crumble ahead of Final Vows

"Fuck final vows."
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Carina, Paul and Awhina reflect on the Grass is Greener challenge at the final MAFS dinner party.

Paul is wallowing in the consequences of his own actions. “I am extremely remorseful and I miss Carina,” he tells producers.

Jacqui is also sad because it is the last Married At First Sight (MAFS) 2025 Dinner Party. You wouldn’t believe it, but she’s crying over it.

Jacqui and Ryan walk in for their final MAFS dinner party.
PSYCH! I’m good again! Image: Nine.

Once the final Dinner Party (thank god) starts, Jamie justifies deciding to meet her reject match to Rhi and Jeff by saying she’s a “nosy bitch” 25 more times. Jeff thinks it’s as hilarious as I do that her match never showed up.

Ahead of Adrian and Awhina arriving, Adrian tells her to “snap out of” her “bad mood” and “stop looking so miserable”.

Awhina and Adrian holding hands for the final MAFS 2025 Commitment Ceremony
Um, stop making her miserable then? Image: Nine.

They walk in holding hands, which is bloody weird, all things considered? And wearing black for their relationship’s funeral. Awhina is deflated, sad and fed up.

Carina and Paul walk in separately before dinner is served.

Teejay would like to address the “elephant in the room” and can someone tell me why this man is still here?

Carina at the final MAFS dinner party
Who are you? Image: Nine

Paul says he had a “donkey brain”. The group basically agrees, dumbfounded that he would do this after Carina’s stance of the couple task challenge just weeks prior.

Honestly, there are many strong opinions about Paul meeting his date, especially considering so many other people at this table did it.

Carina is so fed up with Paul’s shit, she starts to think about the time he disappointed her before the experiment even started.

Carina at the MAFS 2025 dinner party
OMG I JUST remembered how you ghosted me. Image: Nine.

“I’m a catch. Anyone would die to be with me,” she declares. Pretty sure dying would defeat the outcome, but sure.

Carina and Paul argue at the final MAFS dinner party.
They’d be with me in spirit!!! Image: Nine

“You just have to try harder, that’s all,” Jacqui tells an upset Paul. As the queen of trying, she would know.

Piss off Jacqui, I was curious. Image: Nine.

Jacqui now sees Ryan as one of the strongest and most physically attractive people she’s ever met. She thinks they’re very resilient! And they are… that. Adrian thinks they’re going to stay together and shock everyone. I love knowing that he’s wrong.

Adrian on MAFS 2025.
I think they are going to be together 5eva! Image: Nine

Awhina is looking very puffy and also angry that even Jacqui and Ryan are doing well. She urges Adrian to tell everyone that she’s not the right person for him and says she would “absolutely fucking not” move to Sydney for him.

Awhina looks sad at the final MAFS 2025 dinner party.
But I’ll come every other weekend for influencer events! Image: Nine

“Do you see any point going to Final Vows?” she asks. He says no.

She says she doesn’t want to be here anymore, wasting her time. “Well, go,” he tells her.

“Fuck Final Vows,” she says on the way out, right before a trailer starts where the pair, in fact, do attend final vows.

These MAFS 2025 recaps also appear on the Talking Schmidt Substack and have been reproduced here with permission.

Married At First Sight 2025 airs Sundays at 7pm and Monday – Wednesday at 7:30pm on Channel 9 and 9Now.

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