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While Season 10 of Married at First Sight was rough (we knew early on that two of the couples weren’t going to make it), the reunion was, surprisingly, the most entertaining two hours of TV from the show’s entire run. It was a mess. There were talks of arrests and court appearances, a cheater, and two parties from defunct couples (four out of five didn’t make it in the end — yikes), going on a date on the low. Host Kevin Frazier put everybody’s issues on blast and asked the questions many of us had. Overall, the Twitterverse was pleased with the show’s ending.

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Whether you missed it or you were as glued to the drama as we were, check out the 10 moments that were oh so messy from Wednesday night’s reunion finale.

And here’s to hoping for a smoother Season 11 in NOLA.

Katie, Katie, Katie

Katie and Derek didn’t make it, y’all, and considering she was so bent out of shape for so long about his slow approach to falling in love and bringing “the heat” in their marriage, that was of little shock. The couple talked with Kevin about how they grew apart. They ended up sleeping in separate bedrooms until she finally asked for them to just be “friends.” In no time after that though, Derek said that Katie revealed that she cheated on him with her ex (the one she talked so much about in the beginning). She claimed it was just a physical thing and that she and Derek had agreed to be done at that point. When asked by Kevin if he was hurt by her behavior, Derek said no, because he didn’t love her.

“Thankfully, Katie made it really easy to NOT fall in love with her.”

Well, DAMN!

Michael Stayed in Denial

Michael has had a hard time owning up to the lies he’s told Meka, pretty much all season long. He kept that going during the reunion when Kevin Frazier asked him if he ever had a point where he saw that being dishonest was hurting Meka and he wanted to be come clean for her and do better.  In response, he said didn’t see that hurt.

“I don’t think that actually happened,” he replied. “I understand what she said, but that wasn’t my experience in the marriage.”

The man couldn’t even acknowledge the hurt he caused her due to his own childhood hurt. Kevin called Michael out for not adequately explaining the reasoning behind his lies, and how his behavior hurt his marriage. Surprisingly, that drew an apology out of Michael, with him admitting he could have been a better man for her.

Zach Is Still Doing a Lot of Talking and Not Saying Nothin’

We were pleased to see that host Kevin Frazier held Zach accountable for his treatment of Mindy throughout the season, from calling him out for talking in circles (“Sometimes we don’t know what in the hell you’re talking about”) to correcting him when he said that he hadn’t checked out of the marriage, despite what it looked like (“You never checked in”). In the end, he was able to get Zach to apologize for the embarrassing experience he put Mindy through, and for most of all, not allowing the marriage to truly evolve by being all in (i.e., not moving in with her).

Brandon and Taylor Got Arrested While Trying to Be Petty

Brandon didn’t even show up to the reunion, but the drama was still very real with him and Taylor. Not only did she still not own that she was wrong for that Instagram Story, but it turned out that she had an ugly incident with Brandon after the show ended. The story is, she and the new guy she she’s seeing went to a bar that Brandon used to work at/frequent, and while there, Brandon ended up being present. He started talking to her new beau, and when Taylor and the guy tried to leave, he allegedly followed to take photos of her out with another man. That escalated because the police were called. She accused him of following her, he accused her of pushing him, and in the end, they both ended up getting arrested. They both also got restraining orders against each other, but that wasn’t the end of the mess…

Brandon and Taylor Forced the Cast to Go to Court With Them

As it turns out, Taylor and Brandon had to go to court over their “explosive encounter,” and a number of cast participants were present for the proceedings. No one said why (perhaps they were there to be possible witnesses to Brandon and Taylor’s erratic behavior), but they all claimed being in court was uncomfortable. The fact that these two couldn’t keep things peaceful to the point that the rest of the cast had to get involved is pretty ridiculous.

Michael Still Says He’s a Yoga Instructor

Let Michael tell it, he’s a yoga instructor. That’s his story and he’s sticking to it. But a messy moment came when host Kevin Frazier kept it real with him.

“I’m a be honest with you, you do not look like a yoga instructor when I saw you doing yoga,” he said. “I don’t know who you instructing.”

WHEW! Kevin claimed he didn’t mean anything shady, but that watching Michael do some poses on the show, he didn’t look like an experienced instructor. Still, Michael said he teaches, and does so now at the school he teaches at — wherever that is in D.C….

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Michael Storms Off After Being Asked to Speak on Brandon’s Marriage

Even though Michael wasn’t present for Brandon and Taylor’s bar encounter, that didn’t stop host Kevin Frazier from asking him his opinion, as well as to speak on Brandon’s stance on his issues with Taylor. He was literally asked to speak on Brandon’s behalf, to a point where Michael was over it. We can’t blame him. For all of his issues, we could understand Michael’s frustration, because it certainly wasn’t his place to have to defend Brandon or speak “on the way things happened.” It’s not his business. How could he really say? Still, Kevin pressed Michael about it, to the point that he walked off set and said that as a Black man, he didn’t need to be speaking on another Black man’s situation. That riled up Kevin, who reminded Michael that he’s Black as well, and said that he was just trying to understand Brandon through their friendship, because, as a Black man, Brandon’s behavior all season long had been “asinine.” The men ended up having a conversation off-camera to get on a better page about the whole situation.

Mindy’s Friend Is Not Here Zach & Lindsay’s Lies

While Mindy is still out here trying to keep the door open to possible future reconciliation with her shady friend Lindsay, the one who was messaging Zach on the low, her friend Shani was not with the sh-ts. Lindsay was a mutual friend of both women and when Shani, who came as support, was asked if she would be able to be friends with Lindsay moving forward, she pretty much said hell no. She believed Lindsay showed she couldn’t be trusted.

“In a really sad way she was kind of proud of herself that she could take something away from Mindy,” she said. “I don’t want to be friends with her ever again. She’s not a quality person.”

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Derek Was Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired of Katie’s Sh-t

Derek proved that he had a lot to get off of his chest about Katie, and he managed to share it while keeping very mature and calm. Katie on the other hand? Not so much. She was so sure she was not in the wrong and that Derek was stirring up drama by bringing up the fact that she cheated on him with her ex, and possibly cheated with the same ex following their honeymoon. She tried to call him “crazy” and “fake” even though she was the one treating him like crap and trying to define what was and wasn’t cheating. Derek came with timelines and called her out for hypocritical behavior, even asking her at one point, “Why did you say yes on decision day?”

“To give it more time,” she said. “To see if anything had changed.”

“TWO WEEKS TIME?” he asked. “You gotta figure out your definition [of time].”

Katie and Zach Prove They’re Sneaky AF

To make Katie look even more crazy, by her own doing, it came out in the reunion that she went on a date on the low with Zach of all people before the show started airing. He acted like he couldn’t remember who said they should link up, but she said after running into each other, he said they should catch up over drinks. Katie claimed that was the extent of things, and that she messaged Mindy after the fact because she felt bad about it. She also claimed she would never pursue anything romantic with him based on how bad he treated Mindy, and that the drinks happened before the show aired.

So much for making bonds with the women on the show (including getting matching tattoos). She turned around and tried to cozy up to her new “friend’s” ex! What great loyalty Katie has…

Kevin Frazier Kills It As Host

While we weren’t a fan of Kevin’s questioning of Michael about Brandon, overall, Kevin was a great host. He called a thing a thing, he got apologies out of people, and he wasn’t afraid to let people know their behavior during the show wasn’t the best or fair to their partners. He didn’t approach anyone with baby gloves, and we think that kept the reunion very entertaining.