Newlyweds: The First Year

What a difference a year season makes!  After watching Kim and Alaska Gedeon, Tina Sugandh and Tarz Ludwigsen, Blair Late and Jeff Pedersen, and Kathryn Bougadis and John Lagoudes navigate the first year of marriage, we were treated to the finale of Newlyweds: The First Year last night!

Kim and Alaska are finally taking their much needed honeymoon, and while they arrived from opposite coasts, Kim is hoping that the trip is just what the couple needs to fix their emotional distance.  While they take things into the bedroom, Blair and Jeff are taking it to the therapist's office…to talk about the bedroom.  Blair reveals that they had a passionate sex life in the beginning, but now Jeff is just having a relationship with Palm-ela and her five sisters.  Blair's feelings are hurt to hear that Jeff tries to hold off on masturbating for days at a time so he's up for sex.  Jeff is fine with sex once a week.  While he'd love extra affection, he doesn't like how Blair always manipulates those innocent moments into sex.

Kathryn has been in labor for thirteen hours, and her doctor decides she should have a C-section.  After grueling time at the hospital, John is ecstatic to meet his son.  Precious.

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I'll be honest.  I have been actively trying to connect with these couples to no avail.  There was so much bickering and pettiness.  However, last night's Newlyweds: The First Year actually made me feel for the couples (it's about time given that the finale is next week!).  I celebrated their successes, and I was upset about their hardships.  Tina Sugandh and Tarz Ludwigsen suffer through a traumatic event, and they grow closer thanks to Tina's dad's ridiculous new girlfriend.  Blair Late is concerned about how active Jeff Pedersen's solo sex life is, while Kim and Alaska Gedeon actually get along.  He's even quite charming!  I know.  I couldn't believe it either.  Kathryn Bougadis and John Lagoudes impatiently wait (and wait and wait and wait) for the birth of their son.

After being excited about her cycle being late, a teary Tina reveals to her mother-in-law that she suffered a miscarriage.  It's heartbreaking to hear her say she's not fit to carry a child.  Tarz's mom reminds Tina to look at this as an isolated incident.  She doesn't want her daughter-in-law to jump to conclusions with no medical information to back up her worries.

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The couples of Newlyweds: The First Year are now getting into the swing of the married life, and this week I don't mean swinging punches.  Blair Late and Jeff Pederson are still arguing about finances, while Tina Sugandh and Tarz Ludwigsen continue their uncomfortable honeymoon pact.  Kim and Alaska Gedeon share a tender moment when he shows rare vulnerability, and Kathryn Bougadis and John Lagoudes can't seem to see eye-to-eye over that pesky pool table!

Tina is upset because things seem to be changing between her and Tarz.  He's too into work, and she feels totally unwanted.  Tina feels stupid airing her issues, and she hates that Tarz doesn't seem to find her as attractive as he used to before they were married.  He wants to scale back, but his inner workaholic isn't letting him.

John is hoping to show Kathryn that he is capable of manual labor by painting the nursery.  She was raised by a handy father, while he grew up thinking that a true sign of success was the ability to hire people to do those things for you.  Thankfully, before he can paint too much, there is a tanning salon emergency because the beds won't work.  As Kathryn tries to fix the problem, John keeps shushing her.  He's very dismissive of her part in the business.  If I were Kathryn, John would have a paintbrush where the sun doesn't shine.

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