Married At First Sight Australia episode 6 recap: Gaslighting groom Tim gets trial by fire as ‘manchild’ Eliot probably leaves for good

But Aiken has seen this before and recognised his subject’s “toxic patterns”, which were clearly on full display.

“You’re here on this show because you’re 35 and single and you’ve been going out with young women and it hasn’t worked,” he snapped back, calling him out on his superficial and unrealistic standards.

“I disagree with everything you said,” Eliot scoffed. “I know you do,” Aiken replied, and that was the last we saw of the runaway groom as Lauren turned up to the dinner party alone.

Another person who turned up to the party alone was Katie, who hadn’t seen her insufferable husband, Tim, since their disastrous honeymoon.

Revealing the pair’s turbulent start and Tim’s brutal “no spark” rejection, Katie was quickly comforted by the rest of the ladies in the experiment, who all seemed to be getting along swimmingly with their partners.

Carina and Paul were PDA central; Sierah and Billy were cracking jokes left right and centre, and Jacqui and Ryan seemed to have got over their initial awkward wedding and dance drop fail.

But fiery-tongued Jamie was ready to give Tim a raking over the coals for his poor treatment of Katie, and sure enough she got her chance when he made a shock appearance.

“It feels like Tinder in real life and I’ve been swiped left,” Katie told her and the other ladies before her husband walked late through the door.

The experts, watching from a separate room, could only look in disgust as Tim continued to put his foot in his mouth at every opportunity he had.

“I’ve been the one making most of the effort,” he says while trying to change the subject to what the other couples were up to.

He even chimed in when Lauren mentioned her husband’s departure, telling Katie what an idiot Eliot was.

“That’s like the pot calling the kettle black,” Katie told producers while revealing she didn’t want the other couples to attack Tim.

Lauren then made a toast announcing her likely departure from the experiment, telling producers she was thankful she got to realise more about herself and how much better she could do than someone like Eliot.

But things came to a head when Jamie leapt up from the table, shouting she couldn’t stand Tim’s attitude and rallied for people to back her up.

There was only so much dodging that tricky Tim could do before he stood up and headed for the exit doors, leaving his bride hurt yet again.

It remains to be seen whether the terrible two grooms will return, but it’s clear there’s a large support network around the two jilted exes.

Let’s hope it’s not third time lucky and this isn’t the last walkout we see.

Mitchell Hageman joined the Herald’s entertainment and lifestyle team in 2024. He previously worked as a multimedia journalist for Hawke’s Bay Today.