Love Is Blind Season 10 Thinks We Want Romance, But We Want the Drama

After a bumpy Season 9 in which no couples got married for the first time in franchise history, Love is Blind returns for Season 10 with a lot of romance and very little else. No, really. The first batch of episodes of the show, which takes us through the pods and the "honeymoon" in Mexico (plus one couple who went to Malibu), gives us seven different couples who get engaged, and surprisingly little drama until we get to Mexico. Even in Baja, when we do get drama, it seems to be muted. Did the show really strike gold in the relationship sense in Season 10? Is love actually blind, after all?

Unlikely. The 10th season of the show, which was filmed in Ohio, seems more like a response to the chaos of Season 9 than anything else. It's been speculated that Love is Blind films multiple seasons in a row, with the last few seasons adhering to the same schedule. Though allegedly filmed back to back, one season is released around Valentine's Day, and the other near the end of the year. If that holds true, that means Seasons 10 and 11 were likely filmed around the same time, and Netflix chose which season it wanted to air next. So why would Netflix choose this Ohio-set season over the rumored Boston season to be released first? The answer is in the pods.

It was just three seasons ago, during Love is Blind Season 7, that Brittany and Leo's story got cut after their engagement, because Love is Blind didn't want to follow seven couples to Mexico. There have been many other couples who have gotten engaged, but the show has not followed after. Back when we saw Brittany and Leo's engagement but didn't continue following their story, the show made it clear that it was a decision made by the producers, not the contestants. In Season 10, however, six of the seven couples do indeed go to Baja for the honeymoon, and another couple, Victor and Christine, go to Malibu where they will be followed by cameras. Funny how things work out when you're eager to prove that the show's premise actually works.

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The seven couples we've seen so far — Alex and Ashley, Chris and Jessica, Connor and Bri, Jordan and Amber, Brittany and Devonta, Victor and Christine, and Mike and Emma — went through the pods with very little drama, even if a few of them struggled with the decision of who to pick. We got more drama from the people who did not get engaged (thank you for the entertainment, Kevan). Even the breakups were handled very maturely, and there didn't seem to be too many hard feelings. The reveals then went pretty well, with couples seeming to click immediately and no one looking like they'd rather be anywhere else than with the person they'd presumably picked without caring what they looked like.

Some things came up in Mexico, yes. Brittany wasn't sure Devonta was attracted to her. Their personalities truly seemed to clash. Plus, they were the only ones not having sex right away. And Bri seemed to need more of a conversation with Chris — her other connection in the pods — than she got at first, something that kind of upset Connor. Plus, Alex apparently wasn't sure Ashley was his type, but Brittany was. 

But overall, there was no big blowout when everyone met each other. No out-of-place comments. No tension. It was honestly kind of adult, refreshing, and... very, very boring. Overcorrection much?

Sure, a part of what didn't work in Season 9 of Love is Blind is that there didn't seem to be any love in Love is Blind. Or much attraction, even. And as much as people tune in for the drama, they also want to believe that this thing can somehow end up in actual love for some of the contestants. But let us not kid ourselves, we mostly tune in for the drama. If we want love, we'll go watch a rom-com. Love is Blind is not a rom-com, and we don't want it to be.

Which is why, six episodes in, what feels like a decision to highlight the connections between these people and downplay the issues has clearly proven to be the wrong one. Sure, the trailer at the end of the first batch promised some Love is Blind worthy drama is coming. There were screams, slammed doors, and tears. Just what we were waiting for. And frankly, what we expect. But now, we have to wait a week for it, maybe even more. And we're already so bored with these people, who knows if we'll be coming back for the promised drama, whenever it may come.

Maybe people are just nicer in the Midwest. Perhaps there was a conscious decision, in the editing, to highlight the ways people bonded in the pods and downplay the pettiness and the little conflicts. Maybe it was a little bit of both. It feels like the second option is likelier than the first one, considering we saw very little talk of politics, race, religion, money, or anything remotely controversial, which made for plenty of headlines. But perhaps the contestants made that easy.

Whatever the case might be, the end result is a season that has committed the cardinal crime of reality TV: It's boring. And that's when people really stop watching. You can betray the premise. You can make ridiculous changes that go against the very rules you set up. You can even change the entire foundation on which the show is built on the fly. As long as you remain entertaining. And in Season 10, Love is Blind is many, many things, but entertaining just isn't one of them.

Do we care if these people get married? No. We don't even care if they break up. That's the sad part.

The first six episodes of Love is Blind Season 10 are now streaming on Netflix.