Married At First Sight RECAP: Timothy finally gives up on his marriage to Lucinda as couple call it quits during emotional commitment ceremony

Married At First Sight’s Timothy Smith and Lucinda Light have called time on their relationship.

The tension was palpable as Lucinda laid bare the heart of their struggles during Sunday night’s commitment ceremony.

‘The steel doors went up quite quickly. I felt quite uncomfortable and a little awkward, a couple of incidents happened that really disappointed me,’ Lucinda confessed.

Timothy acknowledged his lackluster effort, saying, “I didn’t go to live in a family home with the best attitude.”

His words echoed the growing distance between them, a chasm widened further by his actions, or lack thereof.

Lucinda’s account of being left waiting until the early hours of the morning while Timothy went out with a friend only served to underline her feelings of rejection.

Lucinda’s frustration was palpable as she described the half-hearted efforts on Timothy’s part.

“Tim has never started a date, really, for me,” she lamented, painting a picture of minimal effort garnished with just a hint of regret, like “minimal fries with a drizzle of salsa.”

Despite putting her heart and soul into the experimental marriage, Lucinda felt her devotion was a solo act.

In an emotional appearance before experts, Timothy said he found the deep emotional exploration “uncomfortable” and “overwhelming.”

And the deeper you go into it, the more I regress. And I need that space,” he confessed, offering a glimpse into his own battle with vulnerability.

The crucial moment came when Lucinda, full of poetic eloquence, decided to walk away from the marriage, marking the end of her journey.

Timothy also decided to abandon the experiment, but not without a glimmer of hope for a friendship beyond the confines of the program.

Married At First Sight continues on Monday at 7.30pm on Channel Nine.