Valentine’s Day was the perfect time to release Netflix’s hit hot mess of a reality-dating show, Love is Blind.
It meant some of us hiding away in our homes to avoid the cold, and the freaking news could disappear into some good, old fashion relationship drama as a bunch of aspiring influencers pretend as if they’re remotely interested in finding genuine love on national television.
By now, I’ve begrudgingly accepted that Love is Blind is more about the drama than scratching itches for hopeless romantics. It sucks, but it’s the truth.
Love is Blind Season 8 is Serving Us NOTHING
After all the baby mama drama in the previous season, we had plenty to recover from, and there was a genuine hope that Love is Blind could deliver something.
However, thus far, we have a flavorless season of contestants one can barely tell apart and boring attempts at wooing each other while avoiding the Minnesotan cold weather.
Yes, Love is Blind is in Minnesota this season, and it’s something that could’ve been interesting in some capacity, but this cast is serving NOTHING.
One of the biggest issues is that it’s the least diverse season of the series to date. I get it if they were pushing the Midwestern charm hard, but there are still people of color and all types of diversity in the Midwest, and, you know, actual charm.
The Cast is Flavorless and Bland, Which is a Recipe for Disaster in Reality TV
Love is Blind Season 8 has nothing resembling charm from anyone at all. No Rizz is allowed.
If anyone comes close to it, somehow, it’s sucked out of them by the time they’ve spent more than a few seconds in the pods with some random sop with a name that starts with D or M, there are a lot of D and Ms, I think, maybe, because they’re all starting to look and sound alike.
Maybe it’s tough to bounce back after reality TV junkies got their entire life off viral moments from Temptation Island: Spain.
Once you’ve seen Montoya falling to his knees in the sand after watching his girlfriend performing horizontal aerobics on some rando while the producers of the show zoom in on his pain at the mere sight of it, it’s hard to settle for the simplicity of two people talking about their favorite brand of cheese.
But we don’t need full-on sex and depravity to keep us glued to the screens. We just need a little seasoning or something.
Love is Blind lacks all of that.
It’s like someone handing you a poorly constructed cheese sandwich on white bread and a glass of milk. It’s sustenance, but it’s not satisfying in the least.
Love Is Blind Season 8’s Homogenous Cast is Virtually Indistinguishable From Each Other
It took me approximately three episodes before I realized Madison, one of the blonds, I think the slightly unhinged Mean Girl, was talking to two different guys, not just one.
Vanessa Lacey boasted that it was the season’s most participants yet, but we haven’t seen them in the episodes released thus far.
Every season, we catch glimpses of this diverse array of individuals of all ages, aesthetics, and walks of life, flooding in to find their love in a pod.
Like clockwork, every season, they manage to erase all of those people and stick us with a small batch of mostly hetero, conventionally attractive, yada-yada people who rarely pan out.
Somehow, this season is even worse than usual in that regard.
Love is Blind Spending So Much Time on the Pods is Ruining the Season Already
It’s part of the issue with how this season is playing out.
We’ve had six episodes devoted solely to the pods despite those being the least entertaining parts of the series.
These pod sessions have been particularly dull, with most couples speaking about mundane topics and deciding that sharing the same favorite color means they should get married.
Of course, Madison, the Mean Girl, who trauma dumps and manipulates any guy in the room, is the only exception.
What little interest that could produce diminishes when all of her game-playing backfires and both guys leave her. Blessedly, one of the brunette guys, I believe it was Alex, called her out on her behavior and backed out.
Love is Blind Doesn’t Take Advantage of the Miniscule Drama It Has
Or was it Daniel? Ben?
No, Ben is the one with Sara who doesn’t keep up with current events and has issues saying words like “Gay” or “Black.” Or was that that Dave? No, Ben.
See what I mean?
But six episodes devoted to pod sessions when the real drama and entertainment don’t happen until they get out of those godforsaken pods is madness!
Somehow, we’ve seen three different love triangles, heard a self-help book’s worth of traumatic and sad stories, and listened to people barely gloss over topics like religion, sexuality, and human rights, and all of it has been about as exciting as watching paint dry.
The Season is Missing Fun Personalities, Interesting Couples, and Any Hook
I’m kicking myself for not increasing the viewing speed, but I was too lazy to reach for the remote, which is how I made it through the episodes in the first place (when I didn’t snooze).
Anything that remotely serves as a hook, the episodes squander. Madison’s antics could have made her interesting to watch, but it all goes to waste. Dave (or is it David?) is an arrogant jerk, making him classic villain material, but nothing comes from it.
They don’t mine anything else out of Devin bonding with Brittany, who also loves basketball, before pivoting to the docile Virgina (who gives him nothing) after learning the former is queer.
Presumably, the other contestants of color will appear somewhere down the road, as we’ve seen pictures of them floating around, but even if that’s the case, stacking the first six episodes with a bunch of carbon-copy couples people can’t tell apart doesn’t do the season any favors.
And the biggest cliffhanger is rather dull: do we really care if Daniel followed Taylor ahead of the season?
It seems creepy, and he gave off that he was lying when she confronted him, but it wasn’t interesting enough for anyone to care.
But alas, I’ll need to pull out the cheap wine and a bigger cup to make it through this snoozefest season.
Over to you, Love is Blind Fanatics.
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