‘Love Is Blind’ Has Two Core Problems It Needs To Fix In Season 3

Love is Blind just wrapped up its second season in predictably disastrous fashion. Three couples broke up, one felt like they were being married at gunpoint, and one seemed like maybe it could work out. Maybe.

To me, Love is Blind is a broken reality show at its core, a concept that does not work for two different main reasons that I hope to see the show address in the future. And no, I’m not talking about Nick and Vanessa Lachey’s mysterious appearances and disappearances.

First, the core concept of the show has not really worked thus far because the show is still casting almost purely “TV friendly” faces.

The entire concept of Love is Blind is that you will match with someone based on personality alone, knowing nothing about what they look like. However, we, the audience, can see that pretty much everyone in these pods, even the ones who don’t end up matched, are conventionally attractive, so that is almost always a non-issue. The one exception to this was Shake, who repeated said he wasn’t physically attracted to poor Deepti whenever he got a chance, but we all know that Shake is crazy as Deepti is gorgeous.

But the point stands. Unless you’re casting a much wider range of ages and looks, the entire point of the experiment ultimately means very little.

That’s only the first problem, however. The second is where the show really falls apart. After just a few initial episodes the point of the series quickly becomes not “did I really fall in love with this person without seeing them” to “is it a sane decision to get married within a month of meeting someone?” That’s like…an entirely different reality show concept (one which has been done before), and it really has nothing to do with the first string of episodes. The show might as well be “would you marry someone after going on three good dates with them?” but that’s not as flashy, I suppose.

I don’t know, maybe I’m missing the point. Maybe the idea is to jam these poor people into impossible decisions, but it’s not terribly fun to watch. People getting married maybe for love but also maybe just so they don’t utterly embarrass themselves in front of all their friends, family and 30 million Netflix viewers. Or two people who very well may be matched up just fine (Mallory and Sal) but neither wants to make the very stupid decision to get married within a month of meeting.

Granted, I understand that no reality romance shows are really setting people up for long term success, but Love is Blind doesn’t work on levels that feel different from say, The Bachelor. So far, the series has not refined itself at all in two seasons, and may not in season 3, given that it’s supposedly already filmed. We’ll see how it all breaks down next time.

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