Two years after the 2020 reality show “Love is Blind” released its first season, season two is back and better than ever on Netflix. With the first nine episodes being released, and the finale being released at a later date, I wanted to share my initial thoughts on the newest episodes. 

To begin, a quick summary of my opinion on reality TV: it is extremely few and far between. The only reality show I watch regularly is “Survivor.” But I have never seen any of the classic reality tv shows such as “Big Brother,” The “Bachelor”/”Bachelorette” franchise, “Love Island,” etc. However, at the beginning of the 2020 lockdown, my freshmen roommates and I were intrigued by a new reality romance show, “Love is Blind.” So when I heard that season two was released, I was ecstatic. 

And, oh, what a return it was. The premise of “Love is Blind” is a voluntary social experiment to find love. The experiment beings with 15 men and 15 women, who live with those of the same gender in one house. Each day men and women are paired together to talk in “the pods” with a wall separating the two individuals. In these pods people were able to make connections and grow closer to people they clicked with. If a connection was strong enough, a proposal would happen, which, if accepted, the couple would then see each other for the very first time. The rest of the show then follows the recently engaged couples as they try to navigate the real world. The final episode of the season is the wedding of each couple, to see if love is truly blind. 

The reason I love this show so much is the train wreck, but unable-to-look-away vibe which is given off. I do love the premise of trying to see if looks truly matter in a relationship, however there is one fatal flaw with the show: although looks may not matter, time and experiences most certainly do. When people are only given one week to talk to others in the pods, they may form a great connection. But is the connection strong enough for a lifetime commitment to someone? There is an array of things that could go wrong which would have never been a consideration during conversation. From something as simple as a messy apartment or house to how a person acts around family and friends, there are an array of experiences that are lacking before marriage that have been squashed into four weeks. 

The season two cast of “Love is Blind” is also insane. All of the women and men who are shown have some of the craziest interactions I’ve ever seen. From incorrect guesses of who they are talking to, love triangles and a crazy argument regarding how religion is “brainwashing,” anything and everything can be expected on this show. 

After “the pods” stage was completed, six engaged couples continued onto the next stages of the show with a vacation and then returning to the real world as a newly engaged couple. In season one of “Love is Blind,” the show also followed six couples, of which, only two said “I do” at the altar and are still married today. On February 25th, the finale will come out, finally revealing which of the six couples found a love that is truly blind, and if a relationship can survive four weeks of dating.