- What'd you like about me? - The hair.
I don't know how you keep it so, how?
- Next time we go out I'll tell you
all the secrets about my hair.
- If we go out more I can tell you next time.
- Okay! (cheerful electronic music)
- Howdy!
- I'm Azeem, I'm 21 years old.
- I was told I'm gonna go on three speed dates.
Also having some dating coaches in my ear.
They're gonna kinda help me along.
To be honest I am terrified of dating.
I've only been on, really, five dates.
I'll be like, "Oh God, I don't think they liked me.
I think I'm just talking, I'm think I'm just annoying now.
I think it'd be better if I just stop talking."
I think it's a lot of self doubt in myself.
- Yeah.
- My name is Eric Leonard,
more known as the Portland dating coach.
- I'm Cora, dating relationship expert.
- I'm Marina. I'm also a dating coach.
- Nice to meet you.
- If you're comfortable, can you tell us when was
the last time you were, in fact, intimate with someone?
- Probably my last girlfriend, even then,
we never really had sex.
- A lot to look forward to. (all laughing)
All right. You're doing something really brave here.
We've got your back and I think we're gonna
bring in your first date.
- Hey, how you doing? - [Kat] Good, how are you?
- He's so nervous. - I would be too. (laughs)
- I'm Azeem, by the way.
- Nice to meet you, I'm Kat. High five?
(judges laughing)
How does it feel to have someone telling you what to do?
Is that uncomfortable?
- It's really surreal.
So, Kat, what brought you to this thing?
What made you come here?
- Honestly, I still don't know.
I was like, "This year I'm just going to
do a stay single 2021."
And here I am going out on dates.
So, New Year's resolution never works, that's the take away.
- Ask her why she wants to stay single.
- Why do you want to stay single? Why the single 2021?
- Staying single 2021 is more like working on myself.
- She wants you to step up and talk about yourself.
- So I graduated for my biology degree, right?
And really what I'm trying to do with that
is I'm trying to become a doctor,
specifically a pediatrician.
- Breathe, keep your energy calm.
- So are you going through the application process?
- Yeah, I just submitted the application just recently.
- She is a woman on a mission. She's interviewing him.
- Where are you looking to go?
- I'd like to stay here, you know, UW Med.
'Cause it'd be nice to be here with all my friends.
Hopefully be here with you, too. (laughs)
- We'll see. - They're not really vibing.
- She's really quite still with this whole thing, right?
While he has this notable animation.
- I definitely think he's intimidated by her.
- What about you? You lived here your whole life?
- Oh no. I went to high school in Michigan.
- It's getting a little bit informational.
Bring the conversation to a more playful place.
- So tell me, what kind of hobbies do you like to do?
What do you like to do for fun?
- What do I do for fun? I have a cat.
It's my cat's birthday today.
- Happy birthday to the cat.
- Thank you, I'll let her know.
- Tell her she's intriguing, has little bit of an edge.
She's got pink hair.
- Let me just say real quick that you got pink,
the little highlights in your hair, you seem there's
a lot going in your life-- - Say, "I'm intrigued by you."
- I'm super intrigued.
- I really appreciate that, although I don't know
how much of it is your earpiece there in your head.
- I won't reveal that. (laughs)
- Say, "You'll find out on the second date."
- Let's say we have a second date.
Let's say I plan a picnic for you, would you be into that?
- A picnic. (judges laughing)
- I'm already looking forward to the next date.
- Okay, okay, yeah, yeah. Is that the end of this date?
- Thanks so much for joining me. That was fun.
- Great to meet you.
- Are they still talking to you?
- They're still in my ear, but I just wanna say real quick
thank you so much for being here,
I really do appreciate you.
- How did that go for you?
- Feels a little weird. I feel like almost un-genuine.
I don't know. It's a weird feeling.
But I feel good. I feel good.
- I don't think he feels worthy
or feels comfortable approaching a woman.
- She was in fact questioning his sincerity a lot, I think.
If I can be completely honest,
I'm not convinced she wants to see him again.
- It was kind of anticlimactic at the end
'cause she wanted to leave. (laughs)
- So next date lead a little bit more.
- So this next woman is a few years older than you.
How does that feel? (Aseem laughing)
- I'm a little excited. I'm a little nervous too.
Let's see what's up, you know?
- Just remember to stay in your body.
Just breathe in through your nose
to the edge of your breath and release.
This will calm down your nervous system.
- When she enters, look into her eyes
and do a little water cheers.
You're James Bond, own it.
- Hey. - Hi.
- [Marina] Don't forget the cheers.
- I forgot the cheers. (laughs)
I'm sorry. They got in my ear, and, I'll be real,
I forgot what they're trying to,
they told me something beforehand. I already forgot it.
(judges laughing)
- They're in there talking into your ear?
- They're in my ear right now.
They're telling me to look in your eyes and cheers
and I forgot what that exactly meant, to be honest.
- Cheers? (judges laughing)
- Pick up the glass and cheers.
- Cheers! (Azeem laughing)
They're onto something. How did you get here?
- I'm not gonna lie, been on the dating scene
for a pretty long time.
- What about Tinder? Have you tried Tinder?
- I have. Not the greatest.
- Avoid talking about previous dates.
- Lead the conversation.
- What kind of hobbies you got?
What'd you like to do in your free time?
- I love dressing up and just going out.
- Clearly you have excellent style.
- Well, let me say that I can definitely see
that you got amazing style.
- Yeah?
- I saw you walk in, I'm like, "Damn."
- All right, thank you. And what are your hobbies?
- Split between working on medical school applications.
- Medical school. You're trying to be a doctor?
- Yeah, I'm trying to be a pediatrician, really.
- Okay, that's one of the best.
- Say, "You like that?"
- You like the doctor vibe?
- I like the men with money. (Aseem laughing)
- Start talking about why you want to be a doctor.
- Medical system hasn't treated black people well, you know?
- Just remember, you can breathe.
You can take time to think between things.
- I want to be that doctor I can be.
"Hey, look, it's not all bad.
There's people who are gonna support you,
people who will be here for you," you know?
- Oh my god, I was actually wondering
"What made him want to be a pediatrician?"
And that's probably the best answer I've heard.
- Flirt more. Make her feel seen.
- And you know, I'm talking to a cute girl here.
- Hey, he's charming. You're charming.
Girls love compliments.
- Ask her what she likes about you.
- And preface the question by being like,
"I have a bold question."
- And get her consent on that too.
"Is it okay if I give you a bold question?"
- I got a bold question if you're okay to answer.
- I'm worried now.
- What'd you like about me?
- I think your ambition, it stands out. Also, the hair.
I don't know how you keep it so, how?
- Next time we go out I'll tell you
all the secrets about my hair.
- You want to know more I can tell you next time, you know?
(judges exclaiming)
- She liked that!
So for like the next date, what would you like to do?
Would you rather do a picnic,
maybe go find something to eat?
- Wait, wait, where would it be?
- Ask her for her favorite type of international cuisine.
- What kind of food you like?
Like international food? What you like?
- I love my Thai food.
- Tell her that you would love to make her
a tom yum from Thailand and that she is tom yum.
(judges laughing)
- I'm gonna make you a tom yum from Thailand
and you tom yummy, I don't know.
- You're going to make a...?
- A tom yum from Thailand, you tom yummy, you know?
- Aww, that's corny, but cute.
(judges laughing)
You're very charming and I think you're gonna attract
just the person you're looking for.
- Stay decisive. Be like, "I'll see you at that picnic."
- You know what? Next date I'm gonna see you at that picnic.
- All right, well, great to meet you, keep your charm.
Keep your charm and continue to be ambitious.
Thank you so much.
- We're curious if you ever feel intimidated by women.
- I'm not gonna lie, sometimes.
I feel like they can see through me sometimes.
- Only good things to see. (Azeem laughing)
You got this.
- I'm Azeem, by the way. Your name?
- I'm Sophie. - Sophie, nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you. This is interesting.
- Oh, no, for sure.
- Compliment her.
- I love your eyes, honestly. - Thank you.
- Just be genuinely curious
about the person in front of you.
- You like anime? - Yeah, do you?
- Big weeb. (laughs)
- Okay, that'll make this way easier. (laughs)
- They're bonding. (laughs)
- They're already doing it.
- I like Hunter Hunter, if you've ever seen it.
- Oh my god, I love Hunter Hunter.
- I got the manga that continues after the anime ends.
They have some good ass fights.
- Do Corolla and Hesunk ever fight?
- Yeah, actually that's the fight that I'm talking about.
- I gotta pick that up.
- He's so excited. He's into her.
- Are you into Demon Slayer at all?
- Demon Slayer, yup, I just saw the movie recently.
- Same, fuck yeah.
- Tell her you're excited about how this is going.
- I just want to say real quick, I'm super,
I'm so glad it's a going really well.
- Yeah same, you're doing really, really good. This is fun.
- She's into you, dude. - So what do you do right now?
Are you in school, are you working right now?
What's up with that?
- Recently I took up making little daggers
and pocket knives out of resin and stuff.
- I mean, if you want to send some knives my way,
my god, that sounds awful. (laughs)
- If you ever want a knife, hit me up. (laughs)
- List some things you know about her.
- You've got a lot going, you know?
- Thank you.
- You make knives, you're into anime.
- That sums me up. ( Azeem laughing)
- That's my boy! "I'm excited to learn more about you."
- I'm super excited to learn more about you, honestly.
- Yeah, dude, same. Is there anything cool that you do?
- I'm working on my medical degree.
I'm trying to apply to medical school and stuff.
- Oh, fuck yeah.
- Tell her a hobby you've always wanted to try.
- Side note, I want to learn how to do
some sort of back flip on or something like parkour,
I at least want to try once.
- You want to try parkour? That's actually sick as fuck.
If you can actually get going
I bet that would be really fun, you know?
- Pull your chair closer to her.
- I'm really liking you now.
- Thank you, I'm really glad.
- Put your hand on the table between you.
- This is a lot less nerve wracking talking.
Honestly I kind of forgot we were here for a sec
'cause we were just nerding out. (laughs)
- I'm really glad I came. - Yeah, same.
- Start talking about what you want to do on a next date.
- Say we go on a next date, right?
I don't know if it's weird or not,
but we can get a little blanket, go to a park.
We could do a little picnic, it'd be great.
- That would be sick as fuck.
We could play Smash Bros if you have it.
- Oh, yes, literally everything you're saying
I am 100% onboard for this.
(Sophie laughing)
- So it's about time to end the date.
You can tell her, they're telling you to end the date.
- Unfortunately, it looks like they're trying to get me
to end the date, they're talking in my ear about that.
But can I say, I would love
to go on a second date or something.
- I'll show you my Animal Crossing towns.
- I'm super hype. (Sophie laughing)
- How was that?
- I enjoyed myself a lot. That was fun.
- You did great.
- Yeah, honestly I was having fun watching you guys
so you must've been having a lot of fun.
You just dove into it.
- I think it was pretty good, honestly.
- What did you learn through this experience?
- First, calm down, slow down, don't overthink myself.
This is really good.
- I think, yeah. I think, yeah, she will.
At the very least I'm manifesting it, at the very least.
- Let's go! Yeah! (crew clapping)