Buckle up ladies and gents, Love is Blind Season Two has landed on Netflix. With the episodes being released in stages, the series is perfect to binge in just one or two days. 

Let’s start with the basics: this experiment appears completely insane from the perspective of an outsider. Stick 20 singles into ‘pods’ for ten days and emerge with not one, not two, but six engaged couples who have never laid eyes on each other before. It takes a certain type of person to believe in this process, and I think I speak for most people when I say that this would not work for me. In fairness, I’m not sure this experiment would work in the UK as a whole – everyone gets a bit too emotional and lovey-dovey very quickly, and I think most of us Brits would get the ‘ick’ almost immediately. 

In all honesty, I struggled to warm to any of the contestants in a similar way to those from Season One (who could forget the legendary Lauren and Cameron). If I had to summarise the cast, I would say that Shaina has certainly been labelled as this season’s villain – she is unlikeable in the pods, but luckily she doesn’t appear a huge amount in the Mexico episodes. The men are either forgettable, or memorable for all of the wrong reasons – from asking what the women are wearing (like a fifteen-year-old boy who has just downloaded Kik), to questioning ‘would I be able to put me on your shoulders’ (who on Earth would ever think that this is an acceptable question?), the majority of the guys come across as immature, superficial, and quite frankly just plain rude. 

Do I believe that some of the connections made on the show are genuine? Yes – 100 per cent. Do I believe that some of the contestants had simply seen Season One and wanted to gain as much screen time as possible (we all know that is the best way to gain influencer status nowadays), so may have over-exaggerated the extent of their connection? Also yes. I thought this from the start, but it becomes abundantly clear when the couples make it to Mexico, and especially when they get to meet the other people who they were chatting to in the pods. 

I cannot sit here and say that Love is Blind is captivating, edge-of-your-seat television, but it isn’t the worst thing I have ever seen. Having watched the first five episodes, I am interested to see what happens when the couples move in together, and whether any of them make it all the way to the altar. All in all, I think perhaps this experiment would have worked best as a singular event, and I question how many more series of Love is Blind Netflix can squeeze out until the well runs dry. I’m guessing there will be at least one or two more, although I don’t think I’ll be included in the viewership numbers in future.

Rating: 2/5

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