Is Love is Blind Season Four Worth Watching?

One of Netflix’s most enticing dating shows, Love is Blind, came out with its forth season on March 24 and ended on April 16. The show was named after a Shakespearean quote, and many people wonder if the series is as poetic as the iambic pentameter it was named after.

The show starts off with 15 men and women who are trying to get married. They split up into two groups and are allowed to go on dates with the opposite gender. The only exception to these dates is that they can’t see each other due to the pods they stay at.  After the couples get engaged, they go on an early honeymoon. Then, they move into a temporary apartment where they get to discover how their relationship works in the real world.

The show had its ups and downs like any television series, but I think the show’s biggest highlights were the couples and their drama. I also liked that there were also some wholesome moments with the couples to balance out the gaudy ones. But, altogether I think the producers tried to make this season’s couples and participants fit into stereotypical cliches. For example, the mean girls Irina Solomonoua and Micah Lussier, the staple couple Brett Brown and Tiffany Pennywell, and the sensitive guys Marshall Glaze, Zach Goytowski and Paul Peden I feel like the show didn’t really give the audience an opportunity to see all sides of a couple or individual.

Brett and Tiffany’s relationship was the real savior of the show because without their normalcy and stability I think the show would have just been just like any other worn-out reality show. This couple really brings out the whole purpose of the show and helps the audience see potential in the theory of love being blind.

Irina and Zach’s as a couple is the total opposite, their relationship is riddled with gossip and destructive behavior. Irina basically ridicules and berates Zach the whole season and gives him lame excuses on why he was the problem and how he needed to fix himself. However, their relationship has a pretty good plot twist midway through the season, and I can’t tell you how delighted I was at the turn of events.

Paul and Micah didn’t get much screen but from what I saw, they were pretty fine except for their lack of boundaries with other couples. Marshall and Jakelina Bonds as a couple was an interesting experience, and due to the editing, their whole relationship seemed kind of rushed. Chelsea Griffin and Kwame A relationship was cute and bubbly, I also liked how the show reveals how the couple addresses real-world problems.

Altogether, I think the show is kind of one-dimensional and only shows ten percent of the couples’ journeys and my review is based solely on that. I also think the show should give the option to either get married at the end or to just continue dating because I think a lot of people on this show are pressured into making lifelong decisions in 38 days. Altogether, I give this season 6/10 stars.