Season 8 of Netflix’s hit dating show highlights 32 singles from Minneapolis.
Alas, theLove Is Blindproducers whose job it is to make their contestants (employees?)
feel comfortable baring their souls for millions of television viewers were not up to the challenge.
Ben gets down on bended knee in ‘Love is Blind’ season 8.Credit:Netflix
Over the course of the 71-minute premiere, several main characters start to emerge.
Madison, 28, is a discerning artist whose childhood trauma makes her reluctant to display vulnerability.
Whats wrong with you?)
Lauren has a date in the pods in ‘Love is Blind’ season 8.Netflix
and is the closest this season comes to a quote-unquote villain.
Historically,Love Is Blindcasts are approximately 50 percent non-white; here, it drops to under 30 percent.
Theres also a dearth of contestants to root for.
Devin proposes in the pods in ‘Love is Blind’ season 8.Netflix
(Truly, future casts ofFargoshould study him.)
Otherwise, the first six episodes which drop today are long on dull, meandering chats in the pods.
Its not that all the conversations are banal, though many are.
Virginia meets her match in ‘Love is Blind’ season 8.Netflix
(I actually have a question: Do you like forts?)
But thats often the case in the early, get-to-know-you phase of the pod process.
That sure seems like a rich emotional vein to mine, but she never brings it up again.
David stresses out in ‘Love is Blind’ season 8.Netflix
That does not seem to be happening here.
When couples do tiptoe up to the edge of conflict, it can be compelling.
Its one of the most honest conversations we see in the first six episodes.
What are your thoughts on Black Lives Matter?
His response: I just kind of keep out of it.
IfLove Is Blindseason 8 has any scream-at-your-TV moments, this is it.
even after watching the show for hours.
Things dont pick up much once the couples leave the pods.
(Netflix made 9 out of 12 episodes available for review.)
I can see this love lasting a lifetime, one smitten woman tells her fiance.
