90 Day Fiance featured Hazel Cagalitan arriving in the United States and reuniting with Tarik Myers, Natalie Mordovtseva complaining about Mike Youngquist's home and his decision not to give her engagement ring back, Julia demanding that Brandon make changes to their living situation, and the introduction of Andrew and Amira during the Season 8 episode on Sunday night on TLC.
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Mike and Natalie previously starred on Season 7 of 90 Day Fiance, Tarik and Hazel found fame on Season 2 of 90 Day Fiance: Before the 90 Days, and Rebecca and Zied first appeared on 90 Day Fiance: Before the 90 Days' third season.
The four new couples starring on Season 8 of 90 Day Fiance are Brandon, a 27-year-old from Dinwiddie, VA, and Julia, a 26-year-old from Russia; Jovi Dufren, a 29-year-old from New Orleans, LA, and Yara Zaya, a 25-year-old from Ukraine; Stephanie, a 52-year-old from Grand Rapids, MI, and Ryan, a 27-year-old from Belize; and Andrew, a 32-year-old from Roseville, CA, and Amira, a 28-year-old from France.
90 Day Fiance features Americans who have fallen in love with foreigners bringing their fiances to the United States on K-1 visas.
However, once the couple is in America together, the American must marry their overseas partner within the 90-day period allowed by the visa or the foreigner has to return to their home country.
Below is the latest on several of 90 Day Fiance's eighth-season couples based on the third episode.
BRANDON AND JULIA
Julia woke up her first morning in America, and Brandon said he was going to show her "all the sights" -- a day his mother had completely planned out.Julia asked to stay in the room with Brandon, but he basically said they needed to spend the whole day with his parents and put up with a little bit more.
Julia wished she and Brandon had more "romantic" time together, and she wasn't looking forward to returning to his parents' house and staying under their roof.
Brandon wasn't confident the situation was going to go smoothly or happily.
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RELATED LINK: '90 DAY FIANCE' COUPLES NOWBrandon, Julia and Brandon's parents then did some sightseeing, including seeing the Washington Monument and the White House. Julia gushed about loving her selfie stick, and Brandon's parents joked about how many pictures Julia wanted to take.
Julia admitted she doesn't like politics and the subject doesn't interest her. Julia said she doesn't understand history either and doesn't care to learn.
Brandon told his mother that Julia wasn't happy about sleeping in separate rooms and the sleeping arrangement wasn't going to stop them from being intimate with each other.
"She's just going to push me harder to leave the house because of it," Brandon shared. "If she says, 'That's it, we need to go,' what are we going to do?"
Brandon wished he had been more honest with Julia upfront, and he said he couldn't envision Julia keeping her cool about the living arrangement for very long and he had witnessed her "exploding" once before.
Brandon then broke the news to his parents he and Julia were going to enjoy a romantic dinner and some time to themselves that evening. Brandon's parents were clearly disappointed, but Brandon knew he and his fiancee needed to talk.
Julia gushed about how happy Brandon made her, but then Brandon revealed his mother wasn't budging on the topic of them sleeping in separate rooms while staying in her home.
Julia asked Brandon to "explain again" or else they'd need to leave and find somewhere else to stay together. Brandon explained they had a lot of expenses coming up and he needed to save money and become more financially stable.
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Julia was shocked to hear Brandon had spent all of his money and had none left for their future together.
Julia said she lived with a boyfriend and his parents before and they didn't get along because her ex's mother thought she was "a bad" and "crazy" girl. The situation didn't end well for Julia's past relationship, and she said she didn't want to repeat her mistakes.
"I can't control my mother. I can't control how they will interact. They both have really strong personalities, and I just feel like they're going to clash," Brandon lamented in a confessional.
Julia wanted to be No. 1 in Brandon's life as well as his top priority, and Julia demanded that Brandon fix the situation or else.
JOVI AND YARA
With 88 days to wed, Jovi took Yara to the Bayou to meet his mother. Yara didn't want to stay in his mother's home, but Jovi didn't see the big deal because he has a very close relationship with his mother and said they're very close.Jovi's mother Gwen cooked Yara a stew and hoped to like her. Gwen said if she didn't like Yara or got a bad feeling, she'd warn her son to prevent him from making a big mistake.
Yara told Gwen that she'd be okay with sleeping over although it might be a bit uncomfortable for her. Gwen admitted she was a little sad knowing Yara actually considered not staying the night.
Jovi learned he might have to leave for his work trip a few days earlier than anticipated, and Yara was frustrated because she was still getting settled in and had more to see in New Orleans before being left alone.
Gwen asked the couple about their wedding plans, and Yara said she'd love to get married in Las Vegas. Jovi, however, wished his grandparents could attend a local wedding.
Yara explained that she wanted her relatives to be able to attend the wedding and if they couldn't make it, she didn't want a wedding for one side of the family, meaning her groom's family.
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Gwen felt sad and wondered if Yara was being "a little selfish" in wanting things her way, but Yara told the cameras she wasn't going to let Gwen control her like she allegedly controlled Jovi.
Gwen hoped to talk about the topic more, noting she'd be "really, really disappointed" if she couldn't be a part of or do anything for her son's wedding.
Gwen called Yara "a cool person" and said she could tell Jovi had a connection with her, but Gwen said she needed to spend more time with her son's fiance before being convinced she's the right girl for Jovi.
Yara confessed to Jovi that she didn't really enjoy his mother's cooking and her house was in the middle of nowhere. Yara joked that it seemed like everyone died in the town, but Jovi said he was also "bored as f-ck" in Yara's hometown.
Yara reminded Jovi that they were not going to have a wedding in his hometown and Gwen had asked her too many questions. Yara didn't want a big wedding and said, "I will not get married in a trailer park."
ANDREW AND AMIRA
Andrew, a 32-year-old from Roseville, CA, runs a daycare center and believes a positive male influence is very important in a child's life. He said he works 12-13 hours a day and so he often hangs out with himself or his mother and doesn't have a lot of friends.Andrew said he dated many wonderful women but none of the relationships turned into a long-term one. He said he wanted to have a family and settle down and nothing really developed or stuck when trying a local dating app.
Andrew therefore gave an international dating website a shot, and that's when he found Amira, a 28-year-old from Saumur, France, a small city surrounded by vineyards.
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Amira said she enjoys makeup and hanging out with friends and she's always dreamed about finding love and a perfect relationship. The half-French, half-Egyptian woman felt she didn't fit into the French lifestyle and so she signed up for an international dating website.
The pair began talking every day and then Andrew planned a trip to Las Vegas for the both of them. Andrew said Amira looked like a supermodel and they had an immediate connection and "ease" with each other.
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Amira finally received her K-1 visa after more than one year of waiting. But once Amira received it, she couldn't travel due to the coronavirus pandemic. Her visa was only good for five months, and she was running out of time.
"The same day I received my visa, President Trump set up a travel ban for anyone from a country that are in the European Union, like France," Amira explained in a confessional.
"So even though I could find a flight to the U.S., I would arrive in the American airport and they would not accept me."
Andrew feared Amira wouldn't be able to use the K-1 visa, so he planned to meet her in Mexico, where they would quarantine for 14 days and then enter the United States together.
Andrew acknowledged Amira was nervous about COVID-19 -- and he wasn't thrilled about traveling during a pandemic either -- but he was excited about the potential loop hole of going to Mexico.
Andrew's mother Lori couldn't believe her son's "extreme" plan and said she was stunned by everything that was happening in the world with the pandemic and worried about her son getting on a plane and flying to a different country.
Amira believed their plan was "crazy," but she said she was willing to do it for love. Amira said although she was about to risk contracting coronavirus and being denied into the United States, she didn't want to risk losing Andrew.
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Andrew then met with his sister Connie at a restaurant and gave her a present since he'd be missing her baby shower to go to Mexico. Connie was disappointed about Andrew's timing, but Andrew said she probably didn't understand the gravity of his predicament.
Andrew gave Connie a little blue beret, and Connie just hoped his trip to Mexico would work out. Connie considered Amira "superficial" and admitted she had a tough time seeing what Andrew and her future sister-in-law had in common.
But Andrew apparently had his own concerns. He said it seemed like Amira no longer wanted to have kids, and Andrew acknowledged it would be "very difficult" for him to give up the idea of having a family of his own.
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Connie told Andrew that it's important to be on the same page with Amira about the future and he shouldn't be afraid to walk away from the relationship if they learned they're on different pages.
Meanwhile, Amira visited with her father to say goodbye before her trip to the U.S.
Amira confessed she wanted to stay patient until the U.S. opened its borders again but she was feeling pressure from Andrew to travel to Mexico, which appeared to bother her father.
"He said if I don't do the trip, he's going to resent me forever," Amira revealed.
"This is not love," Amira's father Hamdi replied.
Amira said Andrew financially supported her and so she needed to do things for him.
"He make you cry. I don't like him at all," Hamdi told his daughter.
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Hamdi said Andrew made his daughter sad all the time and Andrew clearly didn't have a big heart, which is what Amira and Hamdi had initially thought about Andrew.
Hamdi wanted "a real man" for her daughter, but Amira said she was willing to fight for Andrew and prove her love to him.
TARIK AND HAZEL
Tarik was an hour late picking Hazel up at the airport because he bought flowers and purchased himself a suit in powder blue -- which was Hazel's favorite color -- for their reunion.ADVERTISEMENT
Tarik said he was no longer "super tight" with his brother Dean because Dean had initially questioned Hazel's integrity and have him "so much sh-t" about dating a woman in the Philippines -- but then Dean turned around and did the same thing.
Dean met a woman on a dating app and moved to the Philippines to be with her. Tarik called Dean a hypocrite and said Dean owed him respect and there would probably be no recovery for their relationship.
Tarik hadn't talked to Dean in a long time, and he noted Dean wouldn't be invited to his wedding.
Tarik said raising a child with autism is tough and he could only hope Hazel would have the patience to co-parent his daughter and love her.
"You never really know someone until you live with them," Tarik noted.
Tarik had yet to tell Hazel about his contact with Minny after their breakup a year-and-a-half ago. Tarik knew he'd have to come clean about reaching out to Minny eventually, but he didn't want to do it during Hazel's first night in America.
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It had been four or five months since Tarik and Hazel last saw each other, and they had been dating for over two years and overcame many hardships together.
The couple had an emotional reunion and Tarik had tears in his eyes. Hazel said she was "overwhelmed" with happiness and Tarik looked "so handsome" in her favorite color.
Hazel said she really missed her son and hated saying goodbye, but the pair planned to have Hazel's son join them in America someday for a better life.
"This is the turning point in my life. It's like everything before her and then everything after her," Tarik said.
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Hazel noted the house was big but messy, and Tarik told the cameras he and his fiancee have two different definitions of "clean."
Hazel said coming to the United States was "a dream" but Tarik's house was big and overwhelming. She hoped she could eventually feel at home in Tarik's place.
MIKE AND NATALIE
After waking up in the U.S. together, Natalie said she had mixed feelings about meeting Uncle Beau because she and Mike had just reconnected and still had some issues to work out. Natalie also noticed that Mike didn't try to give Natalie her engagement ring back.Natalie met Mike's uncle at a restaurant and called him the most stylish guy ever.
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Natalie apologized to Beau for needing "personal space" with Mike and asking him to move out, and Beau said he understood. The pair had trouble communicating because of the language barrier, but Natalie appreciated how Beau just kept smiling through the lunch.
Natalie explained her K-1 visa status to the waiter and said she's a fiancee, but then she pointed out how she didn't have a ring and that must look awkward to other people.
"It feels like Michael is not ready to give me my ring back. I feel insecure... My status is unclear. I would feel more comfortable to have a ring. I would feel better," Natalie explained.
Mike and Natalie then headed back to Sequim, and Natalie said the long drive in the middle of nowhere seemed to be like something out of a horror movie. Mike wasn't sure Natalie was going to like his home.
"Michael lives in the woods and no one is around -- only me and trees," Natalie said.
Mike welcomed Natalie "home," and she giggled with nervousness. Natalie met Mike's cat and said she's more of a dog person, and then Mike showed her how he had cleared some of his closet for her.
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"If Natalie ends up not liking the town or just the rural living, it's obviously going to put a strain on the relationship for us," Mike told the cameras.
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