MAFS UK 2023 (Spoilers welcome)

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All chat about MAFS UK, including any spoilers. Completely open forum!!

I’ve been on catch up. As was unable to watch the first few episodes. But am currently catching up. Please feel free to share any opinions, goss and updates here!!

Nothing is off off limits!!

I think it was them stirring up trouble with their 5yrs/5months/5weeks/5days at the dinner party. Just clickbait.

Tonight’s episode looks interesting!

Peggy and Georges were on Steph's packed lunch today. They were allowed to announce that they are still together!! You can just see in his eyes how besotted he is with her, so I'm chuffed for them. They are still living separately but are looking to move in together in the near future and are having fun just going on dates and getting to know each other outside of the experiment.

Wonder what tonight's episode will bring??? Jay looked miserable. Thomas stirring up trouble for Jordan. Him and Erica definitely currently support each other on instagram so I'm thinking they must get the issue sorted out.

I'm so surprised by that!! But good for them! How long ago was it filmed do we know?

Ooh very interesting re Peggy and Georges! Is it the last one tonight?

I think I read that the reunion we watch tonight was filmed in July.

It's on tonight and tomorrow, then that's it!

Peggy and Georges also talked about the experience of being ostracised by the rest of the group, referring to the drinking game they weren't invited to. They said that the episodes hadn't really shown how much they were ignored by the group, especially as they referred to Georges being disliked by everyone and yet we didnt see loads of that. But they seemed happy with the edit and felt it was a fair representation of their journey. Interestingly, it turns out that the Tarzan squatting video was actually linked to his birthday and fundraising. So not quite as seedy as we were led to believe. They both laughed about it so they're over it!

Yes, I saw that. They do seem besotted.

They both said they were excluded from a lot of the off screen drinking games etc which presumably Peggy was told they were only excluding her because of Georgess. Which explains her everyone likes me but not you stance.

I'm wiling to bet the dislike of Georgess came from Luke as a ringleader. If we think back to spin the bottle, Arthur was ill, Terrance was visiting his children and Georgess was excluded. So either Luke and Jay, Thomas and Ros or Paul and Tasha made that call not to include them.

Peggy also explained she didn't understand the revenue part of gaming and thought that Georgess was wasting time rather than building a following.

She said her family were against the experiment and that her brother was horrified and wasn't shown so it seems they were more anti concept than Georgess.

My cynical cold heart actually believes in them.

(Until they inevitably split post Closer/OK interview rounds)

It's weird that after everything, Peggy and Georges are my favourites!! I don't trust Tasha, Jay went down in my estimation after sticking with the bully Luke, Laura was meh, Ros just weird, Erica I think will tire of needy Jordan and Adrienne doesn't fit with Matt. Ellla is just too complex and needs someone very unique to help her. Have I missed anyone?

I am so surprised @Puppupandaway but pleased for him - he seemed head over heals right from the start. Still think she is punching! I watched him on a podcast recently (gaming type one) where he said he would definitely be doing more squats in the future which seemed to indicate they had split. Either he was using this as a smokescreen or she has come round.

Disingenuous of the programme makers to cut out that the squats were for charity and that they were being ostracized from some others in the group. We were all wondering what Peggy was going on about - they were sort of gaslighting her! At the start they were quite vocal about other marriages and got slapped down a bit.

Apparently on SM there were many comments about Ella and JJ's renewal vows. As in "what were they renewing?" as they weren't married anyway.

Donning flak jacket and helmet ready for tonight's episode!

Is mafs NZ on yet? I'm sure I saw it mentioned yesterday but I have searched for recent threads and can't see one...

I think the programme makers were very cruel to put Bianca next to JJ.

The Erica Jordan scenario felt really scripted - it felt like Thomas, Paul, and Arthur were told to bring it up to prime us for the argument.

Starts tonight, after the final episode of our own shit-show!
Thread is here: MAFSNZ-thread1 - Let us hope that they don’t go all NeoZealand on our arses and that the greasy look is not ‘in’ down under. www.mumsnet.com/Talk/telly_addicts/4942994-mafsnz-thread1-let-us-hope-that-they-dont-go-all-neozealand-on-our-arses-and-that-the-greasy-look-is-not-in-down-under

Regardless, it showed Jordan’s true colours. And after all his sanctimony in the past. As Erica said, the fact that he doesn’t even recognise that he’s overstepped is a huge red flag. As is the temper loss.

Agreed - Jordan is certainly not my cup of tea!

I agree with this. If production are going to do this - fine but make it sly not obvious like that

Can someone please tell me why Arthur was swanning about in that vest top with his shoulders out?
At a formal dinner party! Was it a dare? Where was his clothes??

I found the Erica - Jordan argument soooo frustrating. Why didn't she just ask him to spell out exactly what went on? It sounds like he was trying to say that the girl in the taxi was totally pissed and he was helping her....and surely he didn't do anything as Thomas was there. So why didn't he get the chance to give his version of events? Then, if he was inappropriate, then Erica knows the full details and he can be dumped legitimately.

Anyone else REALLY gone off Luke? He's coming across as a nasty piece of work. Poor Jay. He's quite happy to stir the shit with Jordan but not comfort his 'wife' when she's really sad. Disgusting. What a prick.

I know that Peggy won't be as bad as she's shown to be - she just says the same things all the time and I don't think Georges would put up with that if that's all she said.

But when they swapped partners and Georges was with Adrienne, they both seemed to come alive and have so much fun. We never saw Georges and Peggy having fun - if they did then that's very unfair not to show it.

Same for Adrienne - she seemed so much happier chatting to Georges than she ever did with Matt.

I thought Arthur had deliberately dressed down to make a point.

He'd spent weeks trying to keep Laura happy by dressing a certain way, (allowing Nathanial to style him) and acting the way she needed.

IMO His outfit was 'this is who I am, I'm not pretending any more'

Probably overthinking it and he's just a bit scruffy

They all look ridiculous at dinner parties - ball gowns, tits out, vertiginous heels and that’s just the girls. There was the really weird one when Jordan turned up in a camel coat which he proceeded to wear all evening. None of them - or more likely the wardrobe department - has a clue about dress codes.

I never bought Luke and Jay. I felt like he was going through the motions just to stay on the show. Poor Jay.