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Mamamia recaps MAFS: The gang feast on Paul at the final dinner party.

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It's the last dinner party on Married at First Sight! Well, other than the actual last dinner party, aka the reunion dinner.

Jacqui is crying again. This time because it's, umm… the final dinner party. Good news Jacqui: it's actually not! Jacqui announces that her and Ryan's marriage is the 'most successful' on the show. Sure! Why not! Rhi and Jeff found dead!

Paul is regretting his 'stupid' decision to go on a 'stupid' date as he wakes up alone, away from Carina, after she rightly kicked him out for going on a date with Hannah out of 'curiosity'.

Carina is left feeling there is no coming back from what Paul did, especially after she has already forgiven him several times. How many times? The limit does not exist!

They get ready to attend the dinner party separately as a voiceover plays of all the other contestants condemning Paul's actions. It's super camp, high drama, and I've accepted MAFS is basically a glorified soap opera at this point.

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Beth, once again, decides to attend with Teejay even though they're barely speaking at this point.

"Why are you walking in with this man?" Jamie says separately. Yep! She adds that Teejay is using Beth as a 'human shield' against the group and as usual, Jamie is bang on. Dump him!

Awhina is still furious with Adrian. Good! They arrive and he mumbles at her, "Stop looking so miserable," before they walk in. A delightful man, as usual.

Awhina thinks they failed the task and Adrian thinks it's all a big joke. She storms off as he refuses to validate her feelings. She confides in Jamie how little Adrian asks her about her life compared to her alt groom, Tim.

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Jeff and Dave can only comprehend Paul's actions in sports terms. "Three strikes, you're out," Jeff muses.

Jacqui and Ryan cruise in as the power couple they are. "If Ryan and I commit at final vows, we will be at each other's graves," she says in a confessional.

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Ummm, Jacqui. What does this mean? Is this romantic or a threat? And how exactly will you be at each other's graves unless one or both of you are ghosts? Spooky!

Carina fills in the group on how she feels over Paul's betrayal. They agree that Paul has made too many mistakes. She says he defended his actions as him 'being curious' and he 'thought it would be funny'.

Married at First Sight recap, MAFS Australia 2025 episode 36. The experts are me checking my bank account after a 'few quiet drinks'. Image: Nine.

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On his drive over, Paul is complaining that Carina didn't thank him for dropping off a pastry to her that morning. This. Man.

He walks in dressed in all black and it's AWKWARD. "You dressed for a funeral?" Awhina asks. "I think you're dressed for your own."

THE GASP I GUSPED. Even after everything she went through with Carina, Awhina is still such a girl's girl.

This is the first of many savage roastings of Paul tonight, when French food was clearly on the menu.

At dinner, Paul tells the group he was 'stupidly curious' and realised he had done 'something wrong' when he arrived for the date.

Beth pipes up to tell him his decision makes 'no f**king sense'. Dave is baffled he didn't think of Carina's feelings after everything he's already put her through. True that.

Paul doesn't understand why everyone is being 'so negative' and is probably still waiting for Carina to thank him for her almond croissant.

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Paul then straight-up lies to the group, saying that on the date he told Hannah he shouldn't be there. Actually, that's not the truth, Ellen.

The group won't buy anything he says.

Carina finally speaks up and says Paul didn't consider her feelings 'in any way', he disrespected her and her family, and made her suspect he would cheat on her outside the experiment.

AMEN.

He waffles nonsense in reply. Jeff comes in hard against Paul and again, I need to apologise to this man for ignoring his existence for the first five weeks of MAFS because he is an angel.

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It's worth noting that at the table, Paul is all apologies and regrets, but in his confessionals, he's super defensive about how hard everyone's coming for him. Accountability? He doesn't know her!

A blurred montage of all of Paul's awful behaviour on the show plays as Carina stares pensively at Paul. More cinema! I love it! I need a choc top and a small popcorn.

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"It's not good enough," Carina tells him, as she mentions how little he tried to contact her after their big blow-up. Paul has the nerve to say that SHE should have reached out to him, but Dave jumps in to shut him down quickly.

Paul then says the worst thing he could say right now.

"I was being fully ghosted," he claims, referring to the few hours Carina wanted space after he umm… dated another woman.

This man needs a dictionary. Ghosting is when someone stops contacting you after a date, you know, like what you did to Carina, big guy.

"Wow, well that's rich coming from you," Carina reflects in a confessional. Get him!

Married at First Sight recap, MAFS Australia 2025 episode 36. 'Did I really buy a $10k outfit for this nonsensory??' Image: Nine.

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They argue in circles and Carina reaches her limit. "I'm a catch. Anyone would die to be with me," she tells him. Yes ma'am!

In the final 10 mins, a few of the other couples get a storyline. Jeff questions how Jacqui and Ryan have reconciled after everything that's transpired. In a confessional, Jacqui admits she can "admire that green grass over there" but she will water her Ryan grass instead. Confused? Same.

Adrian flip-flops on whether he wants to do long-distance with Awhina. She has had enough. "Do you see any point going to final vows?" Awhina asks. He says no and tells her to 'go' when she wonders why she's on the show. Awhina flees the table in tears.

And that's the end of the episode! But just when we have some hope that Awhina will quit the show, they show herself and Adrian at final vows in a preview. Boo!

Until then, I'm manifesting a brutal dumping speech from Awhina. Bring it on.

Feature image: Nine.

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