Although purportedly for Virginia lovers, most everyone admits that nearby Washington, DC is not. It is the capital of the country consistently Ranked as one of these the worst place from the date and one of the United States Worst city for singles. As many types, too many people in their jobs, too many people ready to leave after two years — it’s not exactly a city that screams romance. they say Politics is the business of showing ugly peopleWhich would make DC the Hollywood of uggos.
Given Washington’s notoriety, it was only a matter of time before Netflix took over love is blind In the capital of the country.
In its first season, the Netflix reality dating series touted the optimism of romance — the prospect of falling in love with someone sight unseen and marrying them within a month — but it’s turned into a show about irreconcilable inconsistencies, featuring cringeworthy storylines that wave red flags. Monsters have been there too Lawsuits from competitors Accusations of poisoning and hospitality Workplace environment in and out”the pod“Yet the test of love is one Netflix’s greatest hitsAnd each season a captive audience tunes in to see a new batch of daters and horrors — body shaming, weaponized therapy talks, toilet flushes — that await them beyond their walls.
Now we have what sounds like a perfect, hellish match: one of the worst dating cities in the US, combined with the worst reality TV dating shows in history. On paper, it seems like a dare or a joke, a gift to the haters Really only the weirdest crazies, some real District of Columbia sickos would sign up Love Is Blind: DC.
But even though this highly watchable season has plenty of villains and intersecting love triangles, sadly, it doesn’t feel very DC.
For one thing, no one clearly works in government this season. To be fair, the show isn’t very specific when it comes to participants’ professions, so an “IT specialist” might work for some military government contractor, and an “engineer” might do research for Lockheed. Martin. Still, the closest we get is a cast member described as a “policy advocate,” which seems like a nice phrase for a lobbyist.
Capitol Hill prevents them from representing workers love is blind Understandable because of how embarrassing and negatively portrayed many of the participants are. But the dynamic of national political power contiguity fueling a person’s dating identity is exactly what makes DC dating unique and (from all these news stories about people who hate dating there) so hostile. The show that spent one season in DC and “Who Do You Work For?” Seems like a loss.
There seems to be a reluctance to get into politics this season too. A contestant talks about how he voted in the 2016 and 2020 elections, and there’s a conversation about what kind of political beliefs one has while serving in the military, but whether politics as related to dating preferences — like, love Trump politics, is similar. Politics mean conformity, etc. — are barely addressed. It’s a missed opportunity, given how politically active DC has allegedly become, finding partners in the same politics has increasingly become. More and more important to singles
That said, this season still has enough relationship dysfunction to hold its horror-junkie audience.
Brittany, a beautiful woman who wants to be a trophy wife and tells the camera that she can’t spell the word “physicist,” falls for Leo, a young art dealer who tells everyone that one of his insecurities is that he inherited a large amount of money. And don’t have to worry about anything financially. The more the audience gets to know Leo, the more it seems like it’s not an insecurity at all. The more Brittany gets to know Leo, the more interested she becomes in his “insecurities.”
There’s also Hannah, a 26-year-old woman who quit her “dream job” to be on the show. Dream job in question? Medical device sales. Maybe there’s honor and greed in selling CPAP machine stuff, but he gave it all up for the prospect of sight-unseen reality TV love. To that end, she tells Nick, one of her pod suitors, that she dates athletes and is always worried that men only see her as a hot girl. Nick tells him he looks like a less buff Henry Cavill. No one is setting themselves up to overdeliver.
Hannah, Nick, Leo, Brittany and their team deliver a season covered in red flags and dealbreakers. From seeing your partner’s straddle patio furniture to cold fights about getting icky too much, there’s plenty here. When you meet, they’ll let you breathe a sigh of relief that you’re not in the dating pool. If you’re single, they’ll let you enjoy it.
love is blind It’s still a riveting, deranged exploration of the worst people falling in and out of love, even if it doesn’t feel like DC.
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