This is the best reality TV show on TV right now and this is the penultimate episode before the midseason hiatus. HOW LONG IS THE Hiatus! And how long until Killing Eve comes back? 🙁 This is a juicy 90 Day Fiance The Other Way recap with a Spoiler at the very end.
Deavan & Jihoon
And how long until Deavan’s meddling mother goes home? Other than baby sitting, she is not help the situation in South Korea. Oh! We are going to the baby’s 100th Day Birthday party. It’s a Korean tradition. This sounds like fun. Oh wait. First. Deavan has to go cook for the party with Jihoon’s mother. Oh noe! This will not go well. Deavan is very nervous. But it’s traditional in Korea so she has to go or piss off Jihoon’s family even more.
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Shockingly, Deavan let’s Jihoon take Druscilla for a walk while the women cook. She does advise him to hold her hand. The two women use the Korean translator to talk. This will not end well. Deavan is tasked with chopping the world’s largest carrot, seriously it is HUGE, into matchsticks. They must be very thin. When Deavan can’t do it, Mom shows her once more. Deavan says in the translator, they taste the same no matter what the size. Oh! Lord. Here we go! Mom just laughs and keeps on cutting. Deavan asks,”What is expected of a Korean daughter-in-law?” I’m thinking it’s working as a sous chef without any backtalk. Mom says, “I don’t expect a lot.” The translator says, ” without much help.” She then asked her to please say hello to all the guests at the party. The translator says,”I’d appreciate it if you only said hello. and thank you. ” That was a total clusterfuck of translation. And, Mom is really good with a knife. I’m just saying.
Ari & Bini
Ari’s mom is flying back to the states today. She and her dad will be flying back in a few weeks when the baby is due. And she will bring her all the things she needs for the baby. She also says she will send her a plane ticket whenever she needs one. Bini and Ari take Ari’s mom, AKA The Positive Gangster to the airport. Ari’s hormones have kicked in and she is bawling like she is not doing the whole 24 hour flight again in a few weeks. Suddenly, the reality of being alone in Ethiopia with Bini who she doesn’t really seem that into.
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Ari is full of pregnancy hormones. Her mother just went home and apparently later that same day she’s practically breaking up with Bini and talking about how she doesn’t have friends in Ethiopia. Girl, you knew that when you decided to fly your dumb pregnant ass to ETHIOPIA! Then she tells him he doesn’t know her or understand her. And yet, you flew to ETHIOPIA. Bini is handling this all really well despite having no idea WTF is happening.
Next week: Deavan’s mom finally goes home. Kenny takes Armando to his parents house pick up the kid. Brittany flies to Chicago. Tim has a childish tantrum with Melyza in public and no one cares. Not even Melyza. Maybe he won’t be on the second half of the season! Sumit goes to talk to his parents. Bini can’t handle Arilea anymore.
Armando & Kenny
YAY! Armando is taking Kenny and his two daughters out for tacos. How long are they staying? Kenny is borderline ugly American here. I want some off that schwarma stacked on a spike. The have many kinds of meat. For example, “head meat.” If it is one of the meats on that giant skewer I’ll eat it even if it is dick meat. Kenny goes for the pork. Then they bring the taco and it has guacamole on it. He is one of those guys that won’t eat anything green. My love for Kenny diminishes a bit with every episode. Also he wanted to make them take it back. Armando just kept it. He runs a food truck. He knows that would be rude and cost them money.
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Oh God. It’s about to get bad. Kenny has to use the restroom. First of all this is very impolite unless it is a DIRE emergency to leave a table where you are eating with others to use the facilities. Secondly, he does not want to use a bathroom at a Mexican taco stand. This all has to be story line. Especially, since the cameraman went with him. I’ll spare you the details. The moral is pee before you leave the house. They taco stand is like five minutes away. Anyway, Armando helped Kenny with his problem. They now have wet hands. And not from a sink. There was no sink, by the way.
Real? Or Production Set Up?
Then they go back TO EAT TACOS. Kenny tells Armando that his hands are dirty now. Armando jokingly starts putting his hands all over Kenny. Like pushing him like teenagers do. Then someone walks by and “Adios, faggot.” I believe this was all staged. But if it is staged, the daughters are great actresses. Armando says this is why he doesn’t do PDA. Maybe production set it up and didn’t tell them. I tried to limit the details of this scene because I’d like to get through just one reality recap where bodily functions or toilets don’t make up the bulk of the comments.
CheeseStick
I hate this situation takes time away from everyone else. I’m hoping we get to Jenny and Sumit this episode. Cheesestick calls a taxi and gets a motorcyle at first. He is going to an employment agency to get a job. He is asked what three words describe him. Can all three works be stupid? Because he start with ‘finances’ WTF? Wait, he doesn’t have a work permit? God he is stupid. Apparently, he thought Americans can just move and live anywhere they want. Did he hear the part about how he can’t overstay the visa?
Brittany & Yazan
I forgot about these two. And it seems the inevitable is happening. Yazan’s family and friends have all seen her social media where she’s basically wearing nothing but thong floss. You can’t tell me Yazan has not seen those photos before. This conversation is going to take a lot of shisha.
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Yazan is worried he is going to have to choose between his honor and Brittany. Dude. You knew that the first time you saw her social media. This is not news to you. You can’t make a THOT a Muslim. Absolutely, zero of your values align. You have some, she doesn’t. Brittany tries to get him to come over to her hotel room. You can tell by the expression on her face in her interview they have.
One Big Happy Family
It’s time for Taeyang’s 100th Day party. Deavan is afraid Jihoons family will not accept her because of Drucilla. Jihoon, Deavan and Taeyang all put on traditional Korean celebration outfits. Deavan looks BEAUTIFUL. Like really pretty. So pretty that Jihoon’s grandma and all of his aunties gave Deavan envelopes full of money, as I suppose is the tradition.
SPOILER ALERT! Deavan moved back to Utah sometime during the pandemic and has officially split from Jihoon. Allgedly. It’s an iffy source Plus they do this all the time.
Next week: Deavan’s mom finally goes home. Kenny takes Armando to his parents house pick up the kid. Brittany flies to Chicago. Tim has a childish tantrum with Melyza in public and no one cares. Not even Melyza. Maybe he won’t be on the second half of the season! Sumit goes to talk to his parents. Bini can’t handle Arilea anymore.
I want to see Jenny and Summit make it more than any other couple.
Me too at this point! They really love each other and are much more mature (both of them) than any of the other couples. I feel bad for Bini because he has no clue what’s happening with Ari’s mood swings. I think she will flee back to her parents. I’m with TT on liking Kenny less each week. He’s so self involved and seems to have no clue about the world outside of Florida. Armando is a saint. Are Kenny’s daughters going with them to meet Armando’s parents? I hope they are! Yazan and Brittany are doomed, but I like him more each week. Thanks for the heads up on Deavan moving back to Utah, TT. I think they’ll all be better off.
Yazan and Brittany were doomed from the moment they met. Plus, she’s MARRIED! Yazan’s worried about his honor? Once his family finds this out what we’ve seen before will be nothing compared to the shitstorm that’s going to happen.
Cheesestick is a waste of screen time. She is obviously never going to get over his infidelity. It’s a life sentence. They need to both move on. And the cat.
I feel sad for Ari and Baby. Ari has mental health issues that pregnancy is not helping. I hope Baby won’t ever do this again, get some random girl he doesn’t even know pregnant. This is baby #2 who will never know his father.
I’m developing an active dislike for Kenny. He’s being like so many others who go to another country and wig out because it’s not America. And the bathroom incident! I was traveling in the Yucatan (stayed in Playa del Carmen at the resort featured on MAFS, was really nice). We were on the way back from the hinterlands after diving a cenote and I had to use a bathroom. No convenience stores, fast food places, nothing. We came to a little town and there was a square concrete building that a sign said was a bathroom. You had to pay to use it. I paid and went in. It was dark, no lights. It was a large room with these big white pipes coming up from the ground all along the walls. No partitions or stalls. No toilet paper or sink. It stunk to high heaven. And when I approached a pipe, I saw it had poo on it as did most of the others. I turned and left. So no. Not every place is like the US.
Lucinda, I always find your post to be very interesting. I think something is off with Ari too. She has the emotional behavior of a 13 year old girl. Her mother dominated so much of their time when she was with them that now Ari doesn’t know how to be alone with Bini. She has been so entitled her entire life she doesn’t know how to survive without her mom.
I am so used to seeing Devon in black that she was beautiful in lavender. I am not surprised that she is back in Utah.
I want Summit and Jenny to make it. I have a soft spot for Jenny. Brittany and Yazan are very entertaining for me to watch. Kenny is getting on my last nerve. I hope he doesn’t offend Armando’s family. I want the family to like Kenny.
@Joey – Lucinda Meyer needs to replace the experts on MAFS.
Devon is extremely photogenic however she is turning into a part-time Larissa and has jumped on the cosmetic surgery.
I also want Summit and Jenny to make it.
Ari – WTF!! I can not move past WTF!! with this girl.
Cheesestick will never turn me against cheese.
Kenny each week you just disappoint me more and more – You will break Armando’s heart the way you are breaking mine…. I still have a little hope for them but Kenny is chip. chip, chipping it away.
I completely agree, Lucinda does need to replace the experts on MAFS…both in America and Australia.
TT, great job on all the recaps posted on this post. I am enjoying every single one.
Production probably told Kenny and Armando that they can’t just be blissfully happy for the rest of the season because that would be boring so they have to manufacture some situations. I wish one of them wasn’t the Ugly American one.
On Pillow Talk, Annie said that Asian food isn’t just about taste, you have to make it beautiful as well. Too bad Deavon doesn’t seem to care–I’d love to have a personal tutor in the presentation part.
And one other thing, I’ve often thought that they should make all kids watch the harrowing movie, “Midnight Express” (getting caught with drugs in a foreign country), before traveling overseas. Watching Bini & Ari, I would like to add to that watch list, “The Other Way” for examples of how one unprotected sex session can screw up so many lives, it’s heartbreaking.
I love the movie Midnight Express!!!!
@afallfromagreatheight – Great movie and great soundtrack.
I’m really hope Kenny’s just putting on an Ugly American act for filming drama, because Armando doesn’t deserve genuine hassle like this. I also couldn’t believe he didn’t want the guacamole. I LOVE guacamole and have been having the worst time getting avocados since the pandemic started. I was so mad and jealous when he spurned it!!
Midnight Express – What an educating true tale about getting caught up in a nightmare caused by your making while so very far from home.
I was busted at the border with 2 keys in my shoes and they gave me 30 years to learn the Istanbul Blues.
Brittany has to only be in on this for the exposure. No way on God’s green earth could she have ever thought she could marry a strict Muslin and live in Jordan. I hope she gets stuck living over there during the pandemic. Maybe that will jolt some sense into her,
You are 100% right, but I also think Yazan hasn’t shown her that he’s a strict Muslim. He doesn’t translate the things that will upset her and he’s obviously behaved differently when he’s been with her before. Of course she’s clueless not doing her research, but I also think she’s confusing what is allowed in Jordan for an American or non-Muslim vs. what Yazan and his family will allow as his wife. She keeps saying that they are both bringing their culture to this marriage, but there is no way that he and his family will allow that. She also needs to consider that if they have children, Yazan will have complete control over whether the children can be taken out of the country. She may be an American, but any children will not be. She really hasn’t thought this through at all.
@lorelli I said weeks ago Brittany was looking for her 15 minutes of fame however Yazan may have a side piece who goes by the name of Shadi.
Shadi is Canadian however currently lives in Morocco – so maybe Yazan will be back next season with Shadi !!!
We will have to wait and see.
The date at the moment for Killing Eve is April 21st 2021
*SPOILER (Maybe) Deavon has a new boyfriend and scrubbed Jihoon from her Gram. There are also reports that she wants out of 90 day contract. Having said that, she looked beautiful in lavender. Her attitude towards cooking is like her attitude towards parenting! Why put in the effort when it will all work out in the end.
*I could care less about Cheesestick
*What is the deal with Ari? Arrested development or overly coddled?
*Rooting for Jenny & Sumit
*No need for Brittany either
Devan and Jihoon did split. She has a new Korean boyfriend (obviously has a type) who lives in LA and they’ve been flying back and forth. Jihoon confirmed the breakup on social media
@Mia – Not sure if the new Cali/South Korean boyfriend is real – I think it is more a marketing ploy as they both do modeling – I also heard she started a GFM page to get more cosmetic surgery.
So for me the jury will remain sequestered until we get confirmation if they will be back on the show or not.
Did she really start a GFM for plastic surgery?!?!? Argh!!! She’s got a whole hell of a lot to worry about and focus on than lip injections and rhinoplasty! Yikes!!!!
@SLM – She claims she needs her boobs done after having 2 kids- its an Only Fans account, she has had dental work and lip work already – I am beginning to think she is morphing into a Manga animated character to get modeling work in South Korea and Japan which would be highly lucrative.
The mistakes that translator device has made have been so sad in causing misunderstandings between Deavan and Jihoon and his mom. At least Jihoon knows enough English to know when it’s getting things wrong, but his mom had no idea she was hurting Deavan’s feelings. Also a failure on both of their parts… the mom doesn’t care that much and Deavan always has a weird look on her face, so the mom wouldn’t be likely to notice anything went wrong. I wondered if it was scripted, but I looked on Amazon and there is a translator that looks exactly like that. None of the reviews talked about the types of mistakes we saw last night.
I loved the 100 day celebration — what a cool concept and good timing when most babies are starting to sleep through the night and you might feel a little more like yourself.
Last night I really got the sense Ari had been hoping all along her mom would either find everything unacceptable and “insist” on taking her back home (so she could de facto break things off with Biniyam and not seem like the bad guy) or would offer to pay for a high end place to live for the couple and neither of those thing happened, so now she finds herself at a complete loss. I think she had a physical attraction only fling with him, went back home, found out she was pregnant, then imagined this whole cool life abroad ahead of her and conflated that into a real romance with him. Now she’s there, and it’s not a fantasy and she’s not in love. Notice when her mom sort of brought up do you WANT to stay and Ari didn’t say of course she did because she loves him, she said she didn’t feel ok about leaving him like other people have. That just sounds like guilt. I can’t see this working out, but, hey, maybe I’m reading this all wrong.
I find Deavan exhausting, but seeing them all looking lovely at the 100 Days I was hoping maybe all involved matured and worked things out. They really made a cute family unit and Jihoon’s extended family were very sweet. Jihoon and she are married, right? Did they get divorced and now she’s with someone new…or are they still married?
You nailed the whole Ari situation.
@SLM – You nailed the situation between Ari & Bini.
Deavan and Ari, both moved to soon after meeting Jihoon and Bini. Now they have to deal with the consequences of their actions. Now children are caught in the middle as their parents try to get to know each other. I don’t see either one working out, sad situation.