Summary

• Married at First Sight's low 18.75% success rate prompts calls for expert Pastor Cal's replacement.
• Pastor Cal's counseling misses the mark, most couples end in divorce; a new expert is needed for effectiveness.
• Having been on the show for 8 years, Pastor Cal's inability to help couples signals a need for replacement.

There are several reasons why long-time Dr. Pepper Schwartz and Dr. Pia Holec, are responsible for making the matches in each city they go to and guiding the couples along their eight-week journey. They are meant to identify issues within each marriage and help address any underlying tensions between the partners. Married at First Sight premiered in 2014, and recently finished airing its seventeenth season.

Married at First Sight season 17 was particularly unsuccessful, with all five couples not working out. The experts also did not detect a group dupe that took place where the cast tried to control their narrative and present for the camera a certain inauthentic way to make themselves look better.

Pastor Cal's Background

He Looks Good On Paper

Pastor Cal resides in Atlanta, Georgia, and has been married to his wife since 2009. He is a speaker, author, marriage coach, and alleged relationship expert. He is also an ordained minister and a pastoral counselor. He has been a relationship therapist for three decades.

On paper, Pastor Cal's credentials look good, but in practice, he has not had a good success rate on Married at First Sight, which is cause for concern and grounds for replacement.

Pastor Cal ed MAFS In Season 4

He Is An OG On MAFS

Next to Dr. Pepper, Pastor Cal has been with the show the longest, having ed in season 4 in 2016. In that time, Pastor Cal should have been able to sharpen his tools as a therapist and approach to matching and guiding the couples, but he hasn't. Pastor Cal's demeanor on the show always comes off as someone who is genuinely concerned for the people he is counseling, and he does not hold back with his opinions. However, just having a comfortable demeanor is not enough to be an effective Married at First Sight expert.

Pastor Cal Has Not Been Effective

Most MAFS Couples Have Chosen Divorce

Pastor Cal has demonstrated that he is not the most effective expert. Most of the couples he counseled have ended in divorce. As an example, in season 17, Pastor Cal stepped in to help Lauren Goodger and Orion Martzloff at a critical point in their early marriage when they could not communicate progressively.

Pastor Cal did not get through to the couple or effectively navigate their issues in order to have a positive outcome.

Lauren and Orion walked away from their talk with Pastor Cal still not in a good place ( via Lifetime,) and split up the next day. That speaks to Pastor Cal's inability to be a good expert. Pastor Cal's approach and counseling missed the mark, as it often does.

Since Pastor Cal has lost his effectiveness, he should be replaced on Married at First Sight. He has been given a platform on the show for eight years to showcase his matchmaking skills and efficacy as a relationship coach, and he has fallen short. Having a new expert to replace him would at least help ensure the couples and viewers aren't getting more of the same.

Married at First Sight seasons 1-17 are available to stream on Amazon.

Source: Lifetime/YouTube