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00:00This sounds really cheesy, but it would be nice to walk this earth with somebody.
00:07I've healed now from that relationship and I'm ready to find love.
00:13It's my turn now. It's been waiting a long time.
00:17I am looking to meet, like, the love of my life.
00:25I feel on top of my game now. Like, I feel ready now to bring someone in.
00:30I'll write a symphony just for you and me. If you let me love you.
00:38Are you there? Are you ready for love?
00:43Yes, I am. Yes, I am. Yes, I am. Yes, I am. Yes, I am.
00:53Happy 10 years, guys!
00:57Cheers to 10 years! Sláinte!
01:00It's been a decade, huh?
01:0110 years.
01:02Wow. 10 years of finding love. We're not done yet.
01:07Still looking for love?
01:08Absolutely, sure. Aren't we all?
01:10This year we have many familiar faces coming back to the restaurant.
01:14They're here because the first one didn't work out.
01:17Oh, no!
01:18And the night was brilliant. It didn't work out. We're in different places.
01:21But I didn't lose the courage to come again.
01:23I'm giving first dates a second chance.
01:25Here we are.
01:27It's just love. Like, you have to keep trying until you find someone.
01:30I trust the process and I trust you guys.
01:32Let's go!
01:33Woo!
01:45When Megan left her hometown, she thought that nothing could make things great again.
01:51I've lived here 18 years.
01:53I left the United States when George W. Bush was president.
01:57And I thought he was probably the stupidest person who would ever be president.
02:02I got that so wrong.
02:05I have no interest in ever going back to America.
02:08I just love it here. It was easy to make friends.
02:11Welcome, madam.
02:12Hi.
02:13People literally kind of embrace you.
02:15And the next thing you know, you've got this whole circle of friends and support and community.
02:20You look lovely.
02:21Thank you. I do try.
02:22Seems effortless.
02:23Oh, well. A lot of effort went into looking effortless.
02:26Well, it paid off.
02:28Am I the first one?
02:29Yeah.
02:30Oh, okay.
02:31Yeah, we're going to get you a drink.
02:32Lux at the bar.
02:33I like to keep them waiting.
02:34Well, not this time, huh?
02:35I know, I know.
02:36I'm not sure I have a specific type. It's more of a vibe, I think.
02:41Nice to meet you.
02:42Nice to meet you, too.
02:43They can have hair, not have hair. Tall, short, whatever.
02:46They just can't like Trump.
02:50What do you like to do for fun?
02:52Play music. Play the baron and do a little bit of singing.
02:55Brilliant.
02:56When I'm in a relationship, I don't want to give up my nights out and all my interests.
03:00A friend of mine and I rewrite film scripts together.
03:03What style?
03:04Mostly comedy.
03:06You want someone with a sense of humor, then, I take it.
03:08Yeah, that's very important.
03:10I don't think there's anything probably more frustrating than when you've said something that you thought was witty or funny
03:17and you just get that stony...
03:27Here's Aidan, back for another date with destiny and poised to make his move.
03:37I love dancing. I love getting up and dancing.
03:40I hate going to a pub and sitting down and doing nothing.
03:42I like live band or an entertainer.
03:48Good afternoon, sir. You're looking dapper as usual.
03:51Oh, but I like your suit, eh?
03:54Should we go because lady's waiting?
03:55Oh, she's here already?
03:56Yeah, yeah, and she said, normally I make my men wait.
03:59Ha, ha, ha, ha.
04:01Please follow me.
04:05Now.
04:06Hi.
04:07Hi, I'm Megan.
04:08Hiya, Megan. Aidan.
04:09Aidan, hi.
04:10Nice to meet you. You too, you too.
04:12You're looking very well.
04:14So are you. Very dapper.
04:16Like a man who dresses for the occasion.
04:19Where do you go to meet people anymore?
04:21Conversation is the last art, I think.
04:23I can't place your accent.
04:24Selbridge.
04:26OK.
04:27No, it's just, it's unique.
04:29No, I'm originally from the US.
04:31I thought that.
04:32Yeah.
04:33There's a little twang there.
04:34I know.
04:35So what brought you to Ireland?
04:36Well, originally it was work.
04:37I work as a clinical research consultant.
04:39But just stayed, you know, very much embedded in the way of life here.
04:44Playing music.
04:45Are you a musician as well?
04:47Well, I use that term loosely.
04:50But what's your instrument choice?
04:52I play the boweron.
04:53That's why I use the term loosely.
04:55I've no particular type.
04:56As long as she's friendly, outgoing, enjoys music, dancing.
05:00Someone that enjoys life.
05:02You have five grandkids.
05:04I have six now.
05:05Wow.
05:06My sons are telling me I'm never going to be a grandparent.
05:08You're too young to be a grandparent.
05:10That's a good point.
05:11Well done.
05:12He's got the moves.
05:13He does.
05:14He does.
05:22Hello again.
05:23So what has brought you back?
05:26Love.
05:27The thought of love has brought me back.
05:30Last season, Siobhan was one quarter of a double date.
05:34With James, Stephen, and her soon-to-be best mate, Jade.
05:40We're here.
05:46Come here often, do you?
05:47I do, yeah.
05:49Oh, my tit's going to pop.
05:54Nobody wants us.
05:59You need to be more open-minded.
06:00Just be a little bit more vulnerable.
06:04I think you're too open.
06:06Your eyes give it away.
06:09We've a lot of work to do.
06:10Yeah.
06:13Coming in here with bad bitch energy.
06:15What the fuck are we doing?
06:20It's a push or a pull, Jade.
06:21Right, OK, OK.
06:22OK, we got this.
06:23Go.
06:24I'm weak.
06:25Help me.
06:27OK, I got it, I got it.
06:31Now double trouble, huh?
06:33Yeah, it was good.
06:35How are you?
06:36Good.
06:37How are you?
06:38We need, like, a signal for, like, I'm in trouble, help me out.
06:41And how is this, are you guys mates now?
06:43Besties.
06:44Best friends.
06:45No way.
06:46Oh, I love it.
06:47How did that happen?
06:48We spend a lot of time together often.
06:49We do, yeah.
06:50See, last time, I just literally shot a journey across the restaurant like a hallion.
06:52At least this year, like, we're the ones sitting down first, so we can be a little out.
06:56Yeah.
06:57That's right, yeah, you're on the opposite side this year, aren't you?
06:59Yeah.
07:00I like someone nice, but not too nice.
07:02I'm officially out.
07:03I've stopped saying that.
07:04I only kiss girls for the crack.
07:06Anything could come through that door for me.
07:08Yeah.
07:09As long as it's a blonde.
07:10A blonde?
07:11Yeah, we're hoping for a girl.
07:12I want someone really femme, like, super girly.
07:14I want two wardrobes.
07:16So that's why they need to be petite and the same build as me.
07:19Like, Serene Carpenter vibes.
07:21Like, she's the ultimate girl, like, she's so gorgeous.
07:28Oh, God, there's someone there.
07:30Who are you?
07:31The blonde.
07:32Oh, my God, that's just fucking stunning.
07:34Where are you from?
07:35I'm from Cork.
07:36From Cork, lady, yeah.
07:38I think it'll be a great day.
07:39You know, get a couple of drinks with me and I won't stop talking.
07:42I'm a bit excited.
07:43Yeah, am I?
07:44Oh, yeah.
07:45After you.
07:46Let's go.
07:47They have to be funny.
07:48I have to have, like, a bit of banter with them.
07:50Hiya.
07:51Hello, Charlotte.
07:52Lovely to meet you guys.
07:53Hiya.
07:54How are you?
07:55Nice to meet you.
07:56I'm Nicole.
07:57Nicole.
07:58Who are you two?
07:59You look gorgeous.
08:00Ah, ladies, stop.
08:01OK.
08:02Oh, my God.
08:03Are you guys friends?
08:05We actually met because we did a double date last year.
08:08Yeah, yeah.
08:09So that's how we became friends.
08:11And you've been friends since?
08:12Mm-hm.
08:13Wow.
08:14So the good thing is you will know who your date is.
08:16Yeah.
08:17Nicole is Siobhan's friend.
08:18I am.
08:19Oh, my God.
08:20It's lovely to meet you.
08:21Yeah, you too.
08:22I'm so excited to witness you on another date.
08:24Don't make me think about it too much or I'll get nervous.
08:27I'm dying to see who she's going to get, like.
08:31Who?
08:32What?
08:34You're dying to see who Jade's going to get?
08:36Yeah.
08:37No.
08:40Siobhan's straight.
08:41I'm straight.
08:47Oh, no.
08:50You fully heard a different conversation.
08:54Oh, my God.
08:55OK.
08:56I got it now.
08:57So Jade's your date.
08:58OK.
08:59Gorgeous.
09:01Too funny.
09:02Too funny.
09:06Are you into wine, Jade?
09:07I was kind of thinking, well, I'm debating whether to stick with Prosecco or...
09:11Are you going to stick with gin and tonic?
09:13I'll stick with this, yeah.
09:14He's going to stick with that.
09:15I'll stick.
09:16Are you sure?
09:17Whenever you see your date is Glasgow, you know what to do.
09:20Exactly.
09:21I have a heart condition.
09:22OK.
09:23And if my glass ever gets empty, I start to get palpitations.
09:26OK.
09:27So just...
09:28It's a medical condition.
09:29Yes, it's a medical condition.
09:30I'll let the guys know.
09:31But how do you live with it?
09:32You just let them know.
09:33And I find they're very attentive.
09:36I would want somebody who's open to enjoyment to smile a lot.
09:40I don't work full-time.
09:41Oh, do you not?
09:42No, I'm sort of semi-retired.
09:44So what did you actually do?
09:45I heard that something medical.
09:47Yeah.
09:48Psychological or medical.
09:49You're not analysing me now as a speaker, am I not?
09:52I am, actually, yes.
09:53I looked into your brain and I have good news.
09:56I didn't find anything.
09:58You didn't look deep enough.
10:02I have a bachelor's degree in chemistry,
10:04and then I did work for a PhD in human anatomy.
10:09I work for pharmaceutical companies when they are conducting drug trials.
10:15Back in the 90s, I was doing some work for some of the early HIV treatments.
10:20At the time, you know, those people were just so sick.
10:23It was really kind of heartbreaking.
10:25But, you know, it evolved and turned into the anti-retrovirus treatments that they have now for HIV.
10:33And I realised I was there, you know, at the very beginning.
10:37How long were you married for?
10:39I've actually been married twice.
10:40The first time I got married really young.
10:42I was only 20, and that lasted about five years.
10:46And then I got married again, and we were together 20, 25 years.
10:51I have a hard time saying 25 years is a failure, though.
10:54No, it's not. Nothing's a failure.
10:56Honestly, I got married when I was 26.
10:58The last 12 years just didn't work out.
11:00And I have two beautiful kids from that first relationship, so no regrets.
11:04I'm lucky enough to...
11:06Five years later, I met Eileen.
11:08So I was 19 years with her and 12 years married to her as well.
11:12Wow.
11:13Unfortunately, she's 10 years gone.
11:16This year should be our 10th anniversary.
11:19Cancer, you know. There was no hope.
11:21I didn't think I'd live long enough.
11:23She was five years younger than me.
11:25I thought I'd be well gone by now.
11:27But that's life. Things happen.
11:33She was the love of my life.
11:36Yeah.
11:38You don't move on. You move through.
11:41Yeah. Look, she's always there.
11:44And always will be.
11:45And always will be. It's part of my life.
11:47So even though she's gone, she's not gone. She's still there.
11:50My stepdaughter, Adrienne's daughter, had a baby boy.
11:53He'll be a year next month, so...
11:55Even though Adrienne's gone,
11:57she lives on in her daughter and now in her grandson.
12:00And it's just sorry that she never got the chance to meet him,
12:03but I know she's looking down on him. I know she is.
12:11Did you travel down today, or did you just stay with friends?
12:14So me, my nan and my mum.
12:16Oh, that's really cute!
12:18Your family's down here looking after you.
12:20Yeah. Oh, my God, you have a tattoo?
12:22Yeah, and so I'm a Libra. I'm a Taurus.
12:24Taurus and Libras have a good sex life.
12:26Oh, really?
12:27Love us this, eh?
12:29So anyway, how are you?
12:31I'm good, yeah, yeah, I'm good, yeah.
12:33What height are you? 5'4".
12:35Oh, you're taller than me next year.
12:37We've got to do it.
12:38You're so tiny!
12:39I'll be the mask then.
12:41Can I hide behind there?
12:43Can I actually...?
12:46I actually used to wear a tan, so I got this.
12:49I'm still as hopeful as ever in meeting someone.
12:52Maybe someone, like, a bit, like, muscly,
12:55and, like, you know, tattoos on them.
13:00What's happening here?
13:01I'm the new apprentice.
13:02I'm getting fired.
13:03Oh, finally!
13:06I want someone genuine and motivated and, you know, passionate.
13:10Just a cool dude.
13:13Do you think you're a little bit of a hopeless romantic?
13:15Oh, yeah, yeah. Oh, God, yeah.
13:17When I was 12, at my primary school graduation in the parish hall,
13:21there was a guy with a microphone.
13:23I went up and I thought it would be a fantastic idea
13:25to profess my love for a girl I was in primary school with.
13:30She didn't feel the same way.
13:32Understandably.
13:35That does keep me up at night.
13:37I can't believe I just told you that!
13:43Oh, my holy sweet mother of Jesus!
13:45Oh, my God, that's amazing stuff!
13:47Siobhan, no, I'm dead.
13:48Oh, my God, no, the roses, like, that is actually right.
13:51Everyone, clicker.
13:52OK, clicker.
13:53Ah, you have brownie points from me.
13:55That's definitely the way to do it.
13:57Hiya. Stephen.
13:58Nice to meet you, Stephen.
13:59Oh, he's cute.
14:00What if he tries to give pups the flowers, though?
14:03I'm buzzing for a year.
14:04I'm looking forward to a year.
14:05All right, let's go on.
14:06OK, follow me, my man. Enjoy.
14:08You look dapper, man. You look cool.
14:10Thank you very much.
14:11All right, my ladies.
14:12Hi, how are you?
14:13A bit of balance over here now.
14:14Hi.
14:15Enjoy.
14:17Hi, I'm Stephen.
14:19Stephen, oh, nice to meet you.
14:25I'm Siobhan.
14:27Here, my man, have a seat over here, then.
14:29Because ladies don't want to offer, so I won't offer.
14:34Are you looking for a drink, Brendan?
14:36Er, ooh, could I get a strawberry daiquiri, please?
14:39I don't know how to make that one. Is there a second choice?
14:44You see, it's my first day. It's my first day.
14:46What do you have? What do you have?
14:50Didn't know what was going on.
14:54Actually, what's happening is we're in trouble and we're looking for a four.
14:58Oh.
14:59Would you call this out of mind, the mix?
15:01I mean, if you're into it, like.
15:04I'm only used to disappointing one girl, not three, so...
15:08Not taking a bit.
15:11Hello, hello, hello, hello, hello.
15:13How are we? How are we doing?
15:15We're good.
15:16I'm going to bring you over to your table now.
15:18Enjoy your day, folks.
15:19Thank you. Thanks.
15:20Cheers. Good luck to you.
15:22All good?
15:23I could break your arm in three places and just then...
15:28Jesus, what?
15:31Whoa! OK.
15:32So that's my bestie, Jade.
15:34It's kind of like security guard.
15:36I take it you're my date, then, are you?
15:38Mm-hm.
15:39I'm very happy to hear that.
15:41Oh, you're so sweet.
15:42You're so sweet.
15:45No worries at all.
15:54I love dancing. I love dancing.
15:56Really?
15:57I dance all night.
15:58George is a great place to go and dance.
16:00I think it's pretty good, yeah.
16:02I went there one time, did their karaoke.
16:05I don't mean to brag, but I won the competition.
16:09Wow.
16:10It's good pride if anyone can sing, can sing.
16:12I'd love to be able to do something.
16:14Look, such is life.
16:16You're not blessed with everything.
16:18You seem to be blessed with everything.
16:20You can sing.
16:21Can you dance?
16:22I can move around...
16:23Oh, that's OK.
16:24..with rhythm.
16:25Does that count as dancing?
16:26Yeah.
16:27As long as you've got rhythm.
16:28Yeah.
16:29I always say, if the woman hasn't got rhythm,
16:32she has nothing.
16:33Mm.
16:36HE CHUCKLES
16:38And my glass is nearly empty.
16:40This waiter is not doing his job.
16:42I could die.
16:43You'd have to give me mouth-to-mouth.
16:47It would be horrible.
16:54Maybe the waiters are doing their job.
16:56SHE LAUGHS
16:58SHE LAUGHS
17:06So, would you like...? Yes.
17:16How are you feeling?
17:17Good.
17:18The nerves are kind of calmed down, yeah.
17:20How are you feeling?
17:21Good. Good?
17:22Yeah, glad they listened to what I wanted.
17:24OK, that's good.
17:25I said I love a blonde, like proper girl-o,
17:27like Sabrina Carpenter vibes.
17:29Sally, to disappoint you, I'm not...
17:31I'm not Sabrina.
17:32I don't think they're disappointed at all.
17:34They definitely listened to what I said as well.
17:36You're gorgeous.
17:42Thank you very much. Thank you. My pleasure.
17:44Tell the chef it's nothing to do with the food,
17:46it's just we're having such a good conversation.
17:48He's too fascinating for me to eat.
17:50Listen to that man. It's great.
17:57How long have you been divorced, though?
17:59Technically, we're not divorced yet,
18:02but it's because of the fact that I was on the foot of his visa.
18:06But now that I have citizenship, I don't need to do that anymore.
18:10It's not as messy as it sounds.
18:12No, no, it's fine.
18:15I'm not divorced yet.
18:21I'm a widow.
18:24Technically, I'm not divorced.
18:26You get extra points for that one.
18:28That was good.
18:30I'm glad you could make light of it.
18:32You have to.
18:34I always say, look, leave the bad things behind,
18:37bring the good things with you.
18:39I hope the person I meet has the same thoughts as I do,
18:42that even if she had bad things happen to her in life,
18:45leave them behind and just move forward.
18:49I had a scare this year. I had cancer.
18:52Sorry to hear that.
18:53No worries. No, really, it was...
18:55No, no, no.
18:56I know I've gone through it.
18:58It's an awful disease.
19:00It's hard.
19:01It was very, very scary when they first told me.
19:04They said I had a very aggressive type of cancer.
19:06There's just something about that hanging over your head all the time.
19:10It's tough. The treatment is tough.
19:12They were giving me those sad, compassionate looks,
19:15like how you look at somebody who you think isn't going to be here next year.
19:20Then it turned out, when they did the surgery,
19:23we were able to look at everything, that it hadn't spread.
19:27I'm probably one of the luckiest people on the planet.
19:30They caught it very early.
19:32It's only been a few months, and here I am.
19:35But really, my point is, I don't want to dwell on these dark things.
19:39Don't dwell on the negative.
19:41It does change the way you look at life.
19:44It just really makes you think, what are you waiting for?
19:49Every minute I'm on this planet, I now appreciate so much more.
19:54I just spent the last week looking after Kristen's front and back garden.
19:58I enjoy that.
19:59Are you good with plants and growing things?
20:01They seem to survive, yes.
20:03I've got a nice big garden where I'm living right now,
20:06and it needs some work.
20:09So you want me to check your garden out for you?
20:14Well, I'm just saying.
20:24I work in the mailroom of a corporate office.
20:26Cool.
20:27It's not cool at all.
20:29No?
20:30It's just...
20:31No-one sends posts anymore, do you know what I mean?
20:34It's very boring.
20:35I'm there just on my phone most of the time in work,
20:38which sounds fantastic, and I am robbing a living.
20:41Absolutely robbing a living, do you know what I mean?
20:43It's fun for the first three weeks, and after a while you're just like...
20:49Right, this is kind of... I need something a bit more.
20:52Would you go out much?
20:53I'm definitely used to it, but hangovers have gotten too bad.
20:57So me and my friends have actually started a wholesome activity group chat.
21:02So we go on hikes and stuff like that
21:04and do stuff that doesn't revolve around the pub.
21:07It's really refreshing to hear.
21:08Sounds like you have a good group of friends around you.
21:10I'm so blessed.
21:11What is your hope for your next visit in the restaurant?
21:14To come out of here with someone who I'm just excited to get to know more.
21:18So what kind of stuff are you looking for?
21:21Just in general.
21:22Like in a partner?
21:24Someone you can have a laugh with and just get on with.
21:27In the day, it's all about who you want to curl up on a couch with.
21:30You're doing well so far, I will say.
21:33And you're gorgeous as well.
21:35Look, if you could see me underneath all this makeup,
21:38I'm actually blushing.
21:40But thank you.
21:43Making her final approach, flight attendant Annika.
21:47Surprisingly grounded for a high flyer.
21:50Me and my Nana are great friends.
21:52We're like two old ladies sitting in a coffee shop just gossiping.
21:55You've got a friend in me.
21:58She's like, don't be bringing home any Tom, Dick and Harry now.
22:00You've got a friend in me.
22:02Oh, my God.
22:04What am I just saying?
22:06I was like, you have to approve of them as well.
22:08She's like, I'll approve of them.
22:10If they're words, you have an approval.
22:12You've got a friend in me.
22:14I have to approve.
22:16Yes!
22:18That's the one.
22:20Got it, that's all I have to remember.
22:22You're welcome. Your name, please?
22:24Annika.
22:26I'm Matteo. Nice to meet you, Annika.
22:28Do you want a puff from your jacket?
22:30Yeah, please.
22:32How do you feel?
22:34I'm like, oh, my God.
22:36This is real now.
22:38No going back now.
22:40I'm from a small village in Waterford.
22:42It's the best place ever.
22:44I moved up to Dublin.
22:46How's it going? Are you enjoying it?
22:48I don't know. I just can't settle here or something.
22:50I just miss home and stuff like that.
22:52New job, new house, new city.
22:54I can't hack Dublin.
22:56I'd rather be at home with all my family and my friends.
22:58You're still pretty early.
23:00I know.
23:02It took a while to get my head around.
23:04I wouldn't complain if I found a nice boy from Dublin
23:06and have someone to spend time with.
23:14Hiya, I'm Lyle. I'm 23 and I'm from Dublin.
23:16Hesitation,
23:18indecision,
23:20driving instructor Lyle has no time
23:22for any of that owl nonsense.
23:24Well, maybe a little bit.
23:26I have this thing, it's a three-second rule.
23:28You've got, like, three, two, one,
23:30and if you don't do it, you're never going to do it.
23:32It just gets you into the situation.
23:34It forces you out of your comfort zone.
23:36Is she here or am I first?
23:38No, she's here.
23:40Let's not keep her waiting.
23:42Cheers, man.
23:44Hiya.
23:46I'm like, where do I look?
23:48Alright, missus, how are you?
23:50How are you? Nice to meet you.
23:52What's your name?
23:54Annika. Annika? Lyle.
23:56Nice to meet you.
23:58I'm from Waterford. Waterford?
24:00Yeah, but I'm living in Dublin at the moment.
24:02What do you do? I'm a flight attendant.
24:04Are you? Yeah. I wouldn't have guessed that.
24:06Really? What would you have guessed?
24:08I don't know.
24:10Do you play sports now? Yeah, komogi.
24:12I used to play komogi. Oh, do you?
24:14I know, I know. It's hard when it's, like,
24:16down in Waterford and I'm in Dublin.
24:18Would you not play in Dublin, though?
24:20I feel like I'm cheating. On your club line?
24:22Yeah, yeah. I was like that as well.
24:24Not now. I'm retiring now.
24:26Is this one of these things where I used to play football
24:28and I could have went pro but I tore my crew shirt?
24:30Is that it?
24:32I was just trying to be relatable.
24:36I love a cheeky boy.
24:38A cheeky messer. Someone who's confident
24:40can take a slagging.
24:42What do you do for work?
24:44Cabin crew. Oh, yeah, you told me that.
24:46I was listening. Yeah, no, you weren't.
24:48I was testing you. What about your nan?
24:50What kind of a match would she like for you,
24:52do you think? She just wants a nice boy,
24:54I think. One that will treat me well.
24:56She rang me when I was getting ready.
24:58She's like, you'll have to send me a picture now when you meet him.
25:00Absolutely beautiful.
25:02You'll have some
25:04gorgeous babies. Oh, God.
25:06Say that now. That's what's my nan.
25:08I'll tell her you said that.
25:12So, given what
25:14you know about me, why do you think
25:16they picked you?
25:18I'm tall. I didn't
25:20even have that on my list.
25:22I didn't have any list.
25:24I didn't either. No, I was
25:26attracted to something that was there. It's either theirs
25:28or theirs. It doesn't matter how you look.
25:30There's a look, there's a feel, there's a glance
25:32to something that's just...
25:34And you never know what it's going to be. No, you don't.
25:36You can't put it in words.
25:38It's a feeling. People think that because
25:40I go out and play music, I'm constantly
25:42meeting people. You're being chatted up
25:44every night. No, people don't
25:46come over and talk to you because you're with the musicians.
25:48If we were sitting in
25:50a pub, would you have come over and chatted
25:52me up?
25:54None of you are playing in the band, no.
25:56See,
25:58I told you, they never chat up the band.
26:00Never.
26:02How do you
26:04feel about sex on a first date?
26:06There's a time when I would have
26:08said, well, that's
26:10tacky and that shit, but you know,
26:12I'm almost 71.
26:14And I almost
26:16died this past year, so
26:18I think time's
26:20a wasting. I don't know
26:22if you and I had met in other circumstances
26:24if we would have talked to each other.
26:26But in this circumstance,
26:28we're kind of...
26:30We've been forced, I guess,
26:32you could say. Yeah.
26:34I find you easy to talk to. You're very
26:36easy to talk to. I think we haven't had
26:38lulls.
26:40No.
26:42No.
26:44I didn't know
26:46who was going to be, like, a guy.
26:48Oh, you're the same as me then, yeah.
26:50So you're a guy as well, are you? Yeah.
26:52So have you only had boyfriends before?
26:54Boyfriends. I only really got it in women
26:56when I was a little bit older, so I felt
26:58a little bit out of place. With girls, I'm like,
27:00what am I doing? Like, what's happening?
27:02You don't have to worry about me anyway.
27:04You can be the baby guy. I'll be the experienced one.
27:06I think I'm more like
27:08a relationship type of girl. I've kind of been
27:10in relationships for, like, majority of my life.
27:12You seem quite confident.
27:14Well, same with you, though. You're very confident.
27:18Same. I live by that.
27:20I would like to end up with someone
27:22I've been single for a long time
27:24and I don't really put myself
27:26out there enough, so I'd like to be surprised.
27:28I think it's good for me to be
27:30out of my comfort zone a little bit more as well.
27:34You've got a nice accent anyway.
27:36Really? Are you enjoying it?
27:38Oh, thank you.
27:40You have a lovely accent as well.
27:44It's like a French accent, you know?
27:46I know, we really bring the romance to nightlife.
27:50I think we're flirting.
27:52I think. I was going to say, like,
27:54are we flirting?
28:00So what are you thinking? I know.
28:02You know, go on.
28:04I've, for the longest time, always wanted to
28:06get this steak over here. Really?
28:08Yeah. I have this thing where
28:10I check the menu some places before I go.
28:12I like to be prepared, you know?
28:14I have an idea for what we're going to do here.
28:16OK. You big eater.
28:18Not really. OK, good.
28:20That's good. That's grand.
28:22You're familiar with the person and you're thinking,
28:24maybe she doesn't like this or she likes that or whatever.
28:26It's kind of a bit more slick when you show up.
28:28It's like, all right, I'm going to have this and
28:30that sounds nice. I think you'd like that.
28:32How did you know? That doesn't have the thing that I donate or whatever.
28:34That sounds good. I know, like, you know?
28:36So I was trying to think ahead a little bit.
28:38I don't know what I want.
28:40That's grand. I'll just wipe it.
28:44I'll tell you what we're going to get.
28:46No, I won't tell you.
28:48I'll just order it.
28:50Oh, right. For me? Yeah.
28:52He said you're not picky. No, OK.
28:54Yeah, let's do that.
29:00He ordered for me.
29:02We'll go with
29:04the supreme of chicken
29:06and then the
29:08steak then.
29:10So you're ordering for the two of you?
29:12Yeah, I'll have the chicken.
29:14Are you actually... Did you have a conversation
29:16about what she's having or...?
29:18Yeah, we did. We were agreed.
29:20It caught me off guard,
29:22to be fair. I was like,
29:24all right. I was like, OK, whatever.
29:30I wonder how Jade's getting on.
29:32Got her to save these things to her phone.
29:34Do you mind if I go on my phone for two seconds?
29:36I literally got a green flag and a red flag.
29:38So I just want to peep over it.
29:40We've already discussed
29:42they need to get on, but it's not going to happen.
29:44No.
29:46I think I've got to go. I'm being called.
29:48OK, cool. I'll be back to you in a minute.
29:54Hello. I'll be back in two seconds.
29:56Oh, no,
29:58because I want to go talk to your date.
30:00Yeah, I sure do.
30:02Hello. Hi, darling.
30:04Aren't you with your little flowers?
30:06You look like you should be a member of NSYNC.
30:08Yeah, go on, get up and do the dance.
30:10I don't have the right shoes on.
30:12What are you looking for?
30:14I'm looking for, like, obviously
30:16a relationship, hopefully.
30:18Genuinely, though? Genuinely. OK, OK.
30:20Relationship, yeah, 100%.
30:22I'm trying to be intimidating here,
30:24but I haven't got it in me, so, like...
30:26Just be nice.
30:28We love a man that can drink a daiquiri, you know?
30:30Metrosexual, as they say.
30:32I definitely would say I'm metrosexual, yeah.
30:34Were you raised by a bunch of women, was it?
30:36My dad was there as well. I'm very close with my mum and my sister.
30:38OK, that's good.
30:40Yeah, I was raised listening to musical soundtracks.
30:42Oh, you are a green flag, if I ever met one.
30:44You seem all right, I'll give you that.
30:46I think she's in safe hands,
30:48so don't you make me look stupid now.
30:50Because I trust you whether any eyes are on you.
30:52That's fair enough.
30:54That looks lovely.
30:56It does.
30:58Well, cheers. This is going to be nice.
31:00Yeah.
31:04You look lovely.
31:08Nice hair. Do you dye it?
31:10Yeah, yeah.
31:12I'm not a natural blonde.
31:14Yeah, it's like the perfect amount of blonde.
31:16You can still see the brunella.
31:18You know?
31:20Yeah. I know.
31:22Yeah.
31:24I have this thing where
31:26I get my hair cut every week.
31:28This is everything.
31:30Your hair is everything, I'm telling you.
31:32For a man, your hair is everything.
31:34You've got nothing else.
31:36Have you got a type, actually?
31:38Not really, to be fair.
31:40You surely had to give some description
31:42of what you were looking for when you were coming to this.
31:44Tall, dark and handsome.
31:46Yeah.
31:48He's on the way.
31:50I usually go looking for dates.
31:52Any time he starts getting to, like, a,
31:54well, let's meet up, I get wicked paranoid
31:56and I want to get kidnapped and murdered and whatever.
31:58I went on a date one time.
32:00I flew to Cardiff for a date.
32:02Met him on Girls' Holiday.
32:04Where was this? Where did you go?
32:06Magaluf.
32:08Got on a flight to Cardiff.
32:10To the unknown.
32:12That was close now.
32:14I could have been murdered then,
32:16but I did it anyway.
32:18I'd say I was home a week and, like,
32:20you know when you just see stories and stuff like that
32:22and here he is with another girl and that's it.
32:24I was like, are you winding me up?
32:26Holiday romance just got the best of me.
32:30It's starting to make sense now.
32:32What do you mean?
32:34I don't know, I'm just starting to form
32:36a better, well-rounded opinion of you now.
32:38Oh, really? How is that?
32:40I'm starting to see who you really are.
32:42Oh, and who am I really, then?
32:44Well, I'm yet to determine that.
32:46I'm working on it.
32:48It's all data.
32:50I'm just working on it.
32:52I'm doing the same.
33:00They were out here while you were gone.
33:02They were trying to get the table level.
33:04I'm not sure what they're expecting us to do
33:06on this table.
33:08That's all I'm saying.
33:10You almost spit your water out there,
33:12didn't you?
33:14LAUGHTER
33:18I liked everything about her.
33:20She's beautiful-looking.
33:22Same outlook on life.
33:24All red for danger.
33:26Definitely danger.
33:28I'm dangerous, am I?
33:30I really want to get to know you better
33:32because you intrigue me.
33:34Oh, good.
33:36You do. You're a mystery woman.
33:38I get more intrigued every minute,
33:40I tell you.
33:42There's something mystery about her
33:44that I want to know more about.
33:46Beautiful woman.
33:48Talented.
33:50Oh, you don't know that.
33:52Well, you're telling me you're talented.
33:54Exactly.
33:56That's why I'm intrigued.
33:58Do you think she liked you?
34:00I think so, yeah. I think so.
34:02I hope so.
34:04No, no, I'll get this.
34:06No, please, I may.
34:08OK.
34:10So,
34:12would you like to see each other again?
34:14I'm intrigued, yeah.
34:16I'd love to meet again.
34:18Yeah.
34:20Yep.
34:22That was easy.
34:24Do you have any hard questions?
34:28Oh, you weren't tall, were you?
34:30It was fantastic, yeah.
34:32We talked non-stop, laughed.
34:34It was really nice.
34:36You said it, Carol.
34:40He laughed at all of my jokes.
34:44I think it's probably worth it.
34:46Oh, you're so sweet.
34:52Yes, he's cute.
34:56Do you fancy him?
34:58Yeah.
35:02You are just a big, tall drink of water, aren't you?
35:06I find she's fascinating.
35:08She's a stunner.
35:10Oh, come on.
35:12And she has beautiful eyes.
35:14Come on.
35:16No, I mean, go on, go on.
35:20Are you going to go listen to her play?
35:22I can't wait to hear that
35:24Baron sing.
35:28He wants to see if I'm good with the stick.
35:36So would you like?
35:38Yes.
35:40See you later.
35:46How's it going?
35:48I don't know.
35:50I actually don't know what to make of him.
35:52What's he like?
35:54What's he like?
35:56He's really confident, like, really confident,
35:58which is good, but, like,
36:00we sat down, right, and he goes,
36:02are you a fussy eater?
36:04And I said, no, not really.
36:06And then he goes, um, okay,
36:08this is what we're going to do.
36:10And he was like, I'll pick what you're going to get.
36:12How cheery.
36:14How are we getting on so far?
36:16Good.
36:18Very good.
36:20And looks-wise, everything you're looking for.
36:22And is there plenty of conversation going on?
36:24Yeah, he's mad, chat, chat, chat, chat, chat,
36:26like, so it's actually grand, but,
36:28I know, it's just like, oh,
36:30like weird butterflies in my stomach
36:32now or something, like, and I don't know
36:34if they're good or bad.
36:36They took a picture, and now I'm going to send it on to you.
36:38So what did your nan think?
36:40Just sent back a thumbs up.
36:42He looks like thumbs up.
36:44She approves, anyway, of what he looks like,
36:46but she didn't like the fact that he ordered.
36:48She'll have to meet him, I think,
36:50if she gets the chance.
36:54How are you feeling?
36:56Good.
36:58She's so hot.
37:00Yeah.
37:04The other girls were lovely as well,
37:06but I was glad that I was paired up with her.
37:08It was like, wide spectrum today.
37:10I didn't know what was going on.
37:12Yeah.
37:14I sat there with the flowers, and I was like...
37:16That was a little bit of awkward silence.
37:18Oh, oh, oh.
37:20I thought I was going to walk in, date two women, like,
37:22I was like...
37:24That's what I thought as well.
37:26I was like, oh, jeez, it's going to be like a trouble type of thing.
37:28Then the guy walked in, and I was like, oh, Jesus.
37:30You?
37:32The man likes musical theatre, Kate,
37:34so we will vibe with him.
37:36She's got a sexy accountant.
37:38Yeah, she is. Very hot.
37:40Fingers crossed for me.
37:42I'll give you guys a wink if it goes good.
37:44I think it's going really well.
37:46Cool, man.
37:48She's from Cork.
37:50I'll fucking travel for that woman, I tell you.
37:52Someone could be moving to Cork.
37:54No, I've never had a boyfriend.
37:56No, never.
37:58What do you mean, never?
38:00Just a few, like, things here and there,
38:02but never actually been, like, a girlfriend.
38:04So what's been the longest one, then?
38:06A few situations.
38:08Yeah, the longest one was probably now...
38:10Probably a year or more.
38:12Probably thought I was in love,
38:14and then soon realised
38:16it probably wasn't.
38:18Kind of awful heartbreak, isn't it?
38:20You know, when they go and move on.
38:22That's the worst part,
38:24when you like them and then you see them with someone else
38:26and you're like...
38:28Would you be a big texter and all that sort of thing?
38:30A texter?
38:32Yeah.
38:34You're not?
38:36I can't.
38:38Why?
38:40I just can't be texting on my phone.
38:42I'd be like, right, I'll see you on Friday, let's say, right?
38:44So it's Monday, you say, we'll see you Friday
38:46and you won't hear from you until Friday.
38:48It wouldn't be intentional, though.
38:50I purely would probably just be kind of busy
38:52and I just, if we were seeing each other, right?
38:54Let's say we were six months into seeing each other
38:56and you text me, right?
38:58And you don't hear from me for like two days.
39:00Well then something will be off.
39:02No, I'm just busy.
39:04Well then just say, hi, I'm busy.
39:06I'm like, OK, that's fine, he's busy.
39:08Don't just randomly not text for...
39:10Oh, hi, I'm back.
39:12And I'm like, well, like, all right, that's great.
39:14Like, where were you?
39:16I'm giving you the heads up now, I'm just saying.
39:18OK, yeah, thanks for that, yeah.
39:20When I text you later on.
39:22Yeah.
39:24If I text you later on.
39:26When you text me later on.
39:28Oh, so confident.
39:38I have had one long-term relationship.
39:40A few situations.
39:42I've had a few of them, yeah.
39:44Bullshit.
39:46It kind of crushes you a little bit, doesn't it?
39:48Doesn't it?
39:50Like, you go into it and you're like,
39:52oh, this could turn into...
39:54No, this one's different.
39:56I think they actually like me, yeah.
39:58Yeah, and you do everything that you would
40:00as if you're in a relationship.
40:02And then they just, yeah.
40:04It always ends with you crying in the shower.
40:06Or is that just me?
40:08That's totally just you, I don't cry.
40:10I'm so ready to meet someone.
40:12Like, so ready to go on double dates with you.
40:14So ready to go on holidays and stuff.
40:16Do you know what I mean?
40:18And have them, like, chasing around.
40:20Yeah, I just want someone you can experience life with.
40:22This is it.
40:26Bollywood would be more into psychological thrillers.
40:28Even, like, documentaries, like, you know.
40:30I literally fall asleep to, like, serial killer crap.
40:32I could literally fall asleep to What's My Name,
40:34like, on YouTube.
40:36Oh, you want to read Billy Sarian?
40:38That's it.
40:40Last year, I was in a hard rock cafe.
40:42Next thing they go, oh, it's karaoke night.
40:44And I was, like,
40:46got up and sang Dancing Queen.
40:48Here we go.
40:50Love karaoke, yeah.
40:52That is so exciting.
40:54Is there a karaoke place in Dublin?
40:56Yeah.
40:58You're going to regret telling me that.
41:00I'm such, like, a hopeless romantic.
41:02Oh, are you really?
41:04Yeah, I'm such a big romantic that I'm, like,
41:06what if?
41:08I would have quite a tough exterior, I think.
41:10I think it takes me a minute.
41:12I just want to meet someone, like,
41:14and, like, treat them like a princess.
41:16Love, I say, is, like,
41:18the butterflies you get.
41:20The excitement of, when will I see them next?
41:22Even when you're on the date,
41:24I think, it's, like, oh,
41:26like, the big question of, like, what's next?
41:28Would you like kids?
41:30I think so, yeah.
41:32Yeah, same.
41:34No worries, we can move in tomorrow, sure.
41:36Exactly.
41:38If money wasn't an issue, I'd love to have a little army.
41:40You want, like, 12, 14?
41:42At the same time, I've got the easy part.
41:44I ain't popping no 14.
41:46That is not happening.
41:48Honestly, I'm ready
41:50to settle down.
41:52I'd just love to find the person,
41:54the future Mrs Cook, you know?
41:56So do you actually feel ready, like, to meet someone?
41:58Big time, yeah.
42:00Looks like we're looking
42:02for the same thing.
42:04As long as
42:06you're not lying.
42:08No, I'm not lying.
42:10Would you?
42:14I like to think
42:16that I'm a genuine person, do you know what I mean?
42:18Yeah.
42:20You seem very genuine as well.
42:22You're very sweet.
42:26Please be
42:28genuine.
42:30Please.
42:32You're saying too much now.
42:38Hello.
42:40Hello.
42:42Nice.
42:46Did you fancy her?
42:48Yeah, she was cool, yeah.
42:50She was cool. But I don't think she'd fancy me, though.
42:52She could surprise me, though.
42:54No, I'd see her again.
42:56But I don't think she will.
42:58So I don't want to say yes if she's going to say no.
43:00I'd bring you home,
43:02and you'd have to... My mum would probably love you instantly.
43:04And then you'd probably
43:06have to speak my name, and she'd be tough.
43:08So, yeah, that would be
43:10the real test.
43:14Would you guys like to see each other
43:16again romantically?
43:18Ladies first. I'm going to let you go.
43:22Maybe not romantically.
43:24I thought you would say that. Really?
43:26I called her. Why? I knew it.
43:28Why did you think I wouldn't?
43:30You know, though. You know what I mean? You kind of know.
43:36I said yeah. I said I wouldn't.
43:38But I was like,
43:40I don't think she's going to say yeah, though.
43:42I was like, I think she'd say no.
43:44Yeah, sorry.
43:48You wouldn't even text to be like,
43:50how was your day? That was it for me, really.
43:52Right, OK. That's never changing.
43:54Just some things won't change.
43:56Some things will not change, you know.
43:58Bye.
44:06Bye.
44:14I can't believe how wild the match
44:16was, based on what I said.
44:18I was literally like, I want blonde,
44:20I want a spirited carpenter, I want someone like me,
44:22I want someone I can steal the wardrobe from.
44:24You know, you can steal my dress tonight,
44:26I can steal yours.
44:28I'm just looking for excuses to get off, to be fair.
44:30Hey.
44:34What's your plans now?
44:36Nothing. You with yourself?
44:38I'm just going with the flow a bit.
44:40Got a flexible train ticket home, you know.
44:42I'm sure we can think of something to do.
44:44That karaoke bar?
44:46Yeah.
44:48I definitely need to do a couple of drinks, though,
44:50before anything's on, yeah.
44:52You build character if you're completely sober doing it.
44:54It's good for you.
44:56The whole point is that you're shit at singing.
44:58True.
45:02Wow.
45:04So I have your two chocolate hearts here.
45:08Were you talking about karaoke? Did I hear that?
45:10We were, yeah.
45:12Do you like singing karaoke?
45:14I'm terrible. For someone to sing so much,
45:16I should be a lot better than I am.
45:18He's modest.
45:20No, you haven't heard me sing.
45:24Oh, we might have a bit of karaoke
45:26that might need to happen.
45:28Oh, you are so screwed.
45:30I'm going to get you to follow me.
45:32Stop it.
45:34Don't worry, we'll all join you.
45:36It's kind of worrying that I didn't have to think about it.
45:38Friday night and the lights are low.
45:40Let's go, girls.
45:42We had to get up.
45:44We had to leave the portfolio.
45:50Did you fancy Stephen?
45:52He's not that bad, maybe.
45:54Dancing queen
45:56Young and sweet
45:58Only seventeen
46:04Hi.
46:06You can dance
46:08You can jive
46:10Having the time of your life
46:14See that girl
46:16Watch them sleep
46:18Dig in the dancing queen
46:20Dig in the dancing queen
46:24Would you like to see each other again romantically?
46:26I had a really, really good time, so yeah.
46:28I definitely would, yeah.
46:32Yeah.
46:38You do realise we are going straight to the karaoke, right?
46:40Yeah.
46:42Very good, very nice.
46:44What's your song of choice?
46:46I don't know, maybe Mariah Carey, Fantasy.
46:48Great choice, great choice.
46:54It was like we'd met before.
46:56It was like we were catching up.
46:58You made me laugh quite a lot as well, which is a big thing for me.
47:00Thank you for that.
47:02Thank you for that.
47:04It was perfect for her.
47:06I'm like, gosh, double wedding.
47:08Oh my gosh, she just dropped it.
47:10I'm so, like, embarrassed.
47:12I know I'd definitely love to see her again.
47:14She's definitely, like, girlfriend material.
47:16Yeah, I'll pay for it, thank you.
47:18No, no, no, no, no.
47:22Moment of truth.
47:24I definitely want to see you again.
47:26I wanted to say it first.
47:28Oh, sorry.
47:30But yeah, no, I definitely want to see you again.
47:32How did you even get the question?
47:36Straight away, yeah.
47:38Instantly, yeah.
47:42She's definitely girlfriend material,
47:44so, like, you know, things maybe will fall off.
47:48Thanks for watching.
47:50Bye.
47:56Big smiley head on you.
47:58Look what you've done to my stomach.
48:00Oh, gosh.
48:02Where are we off to next?
48:04Karaoke on the carousel?
48:06We are his sexy backup dancers.
48:14Hi.
48:22If she hasn't got rhythm, there's a scandal.
48:24If she hasn't got rhythm, I'm walking away.
48:26It'd be sad if I was a barroom player
48:28and I had no rhythm, wouldn't it?
48:44Give me, give me, give me a sign
48:46after midnight.
48:48Sing a song.
48:52Just sing.
48:54Sing a song.
48:58I'm in your style, eh?
49:00Can I just say, my mother loves you?
49:02My mother looks at me
49:04way like this.
49:06You were all elbows.
49:10I'm not taking it off your fork.
49:12It defeats the purpose. We're in love, like.
49:1886.
49:20Oh, wow.
49:22Oh, my goodness.
49:42Oh, my goodness.
50:12Oh, my goodness.
50:14Oh, my goodness.
50:16Oh, my goodness.
50:18Oh, my goodness.
50:20Oh, my goodness.
50:22Oh, my goodness.
50:24Oh, my goodness.
50:26Oh, my goodness.
50:28Oh, my goodness.
50:30Oh, my goodness.
50:32Oh, my goodness.
50:34Oh, my goodness.
50:36Oh, my goodness.
50:38Oh, my goodness.