Love is Blind season 7 tests what it means to fall in love…again. Do looks, money, and other things matter when it comes to matters of the heart? Or can you fall in love with someone sight unseen? Again, we are watching a bunch of hopefuls navigate these questions in season 7 of the series. And since we can’t control selves (as evidenced by our season 7 breakdown of episodes 1-6), here is our breakdown of episodes 7 through 9 of season 7!
1. How have your opinions of the couples changed after this batch of episodes? Who do you think is definitely making it to the altar?
Lizzie: Oh, they’ve changed alright. I liked most of them after the first batch of episodes and I barely like any of them now! I guess Taylor and Garrett are okay. And I think Ramses and Marissa can probably make it, though I’m a little concerned that their relationship relies too much on the physical. But everyone else? Stephen was the worst, we already saw that. Nick is a child, he probably shouldn’t get married. Hannah is a little too judgy, so yeah no there. Alex and Tim had a bad enough fight he was about to walk away and she got up on his face and put her hands on him and he was uncomfortable about it, but now are pretending everything is fine. Ashley is making too big a deal about Tyler being a sperm donor, which makes me think he’s a babby daddy and they’re just not telling us. Yeah, I’m not sure I really love any of them.
Lyra: Besides Taylor and Garrett, none of the other couples are making it to the altar in season 7 of Love is Blind. Stephen absolutely blew up his relationship for some sexting. Marissa and Ramses had some good conversations but the whole condom thing was an absolute turn off to him in particular. And Alex & Tim and Ashley & Tyler are two completely different wavelengths of what is allowed in relationships. Then there’s Hannah and Nick. It’s giving Zanab and Cole but with a heavy sprinkling of one being mean and the other being clueless and mad about it. None of these other couples are going to make it and it’s disappointing to know that already.
2. Let’s talk about Stephen. Was he in this experiment for the right reasons? He presented himself one way in the pods, but it all seemed to change once outside of them. What’s your read on him and his relationship with Monica?
Lizzie: The moment this man started talking about fame and how some women would want to suck him off, I was out. No, no dude, why are you even here? Zero patience for that. I wasn’t even shocked when we found out he was cheating on Monica. And I’m kinda glad she had him Venmo the money she spent on him back. In fact, I’ll say he was doing it all for the attention, absolutely everything. The only thing Monica got out of this was good friends, because Taylor and Garrett are the real ones for showing up to comfort her.
Lyra: Stephen went on Love is Blind to get famous. But instead of thinking with his brain on how he could come out the hero that people would want to hit up after his relationship with Monica ended, he made himself look like a pig. Who would want to hit up a person who sexts someone else while having a fiancee? I mean, there are some people for sure. But it’s not going to get Stephen the attention he so desperately wants. As for Monica, she’s not my favorite but she entered this experiment with love in mind. She committed to the process. And it’s got to be heartbreaking to know that Stephen thought of this as a game. That’s why he didn’t get her flowers and leaned on her to carry the financial load. Which, that last part is crazy, because if he had the money to Venmo her there for the cost of expenses, then why was she covering everything in the first place. Sus.
3. What did you think about the way Ramses brought out all the hard topics with both Marissa and her friends? Do you think they can get past the fact they don’t 100% see eye to eye on political issues?
Lizzie: I’m blown away by the fact that this made it to the final cut of Love is Blind! Man even brought up Palestine! He said the words “the hammer of US imperialism,” and they left that in? I didn’t think Netflix had it in them, especially a month before the election. But I 100% agree with everything Ramses said, so good on him for saying it. I was especially cheering when he told Marissa’s friends that politics cannot be separated from who you are as a person. And his whole conversation with Marissa about the military? Wow. Talk about a well articulated man.
I think Marissa is more liberal than she wants to even admit, and she comes from an environment where probably saying that she’s fully anti-military doesn’t really work because she still has friends in the military and she was in it for so long. So, yeah, I don’t think the differences are that big that this is going to be the thing that breaks them.
Lyra: The entire time Ramses was going to town on the US military system I was like 👀👀👀👀. I was so sure that production would cut off filming. Because even though this is reality TV, they have rules and guidelines. More importantly, they have shareholders. So for this to air was something woah. As for whether they can make it past something as heavy as this, no. They might get married, but this difference in views will strain their relationship.
Then there’s the condom conversation. We have to talk about that. Because I liked his conversation with Marissa about US imperialism. But I loathed the condom conversation. It showed what kind of man Ramses is. Because he (let me check my notes here) wants to have sex but doesn’t want to wear a condom and also isn’t ready for children. Instead, he wants her to go on birth control with no true regard for what that does to a woman’s body. And even when she brings up her concerns, he ends the conversation by basically saying he needs pleasure. It’s giving, “🤷” and being a fake progressive. So much for frowning on toxic masculinity and being a modern man. He likes saying that because he wants to shake off the shackles of gender norms and masculinity for himself. But for Marissa? Nah, babe. You gotta go on birth control because I can’t wrap it up cuz pleasure. IT’S GONNA BE A NO FOR US!
MORE: Ramses has more red flags coming Marissa’s way on Love is Blind season 7. Read more about it here.
4. Nick has clearly lived a sheltered life, which seems to rub Hannah the wrong way. Do you think these two can make it despite their upbringings being so different?
Lizzie: They’d both have to try. It was kinda hilarious how very little trying there was at some points, from both of them. Like sure, Nick was getting on my nerves, because how are you an adult who doesn’t know how to do basic things? But Hannah was just treating him like a kid as well, so it’s not like he’s going to learn if you also coddle him! It’s a weird dynamic they have. I’m still not totally convinced they like each other enough to get married.
Lyra: Agree with everything Lizzie said above. And I wanted to add that I don’t think they even like each other enough to work together as unit. Because, I’ve lived a sheltered life in many ways. I don’t know really what stocks are or what kind of retirement plan I have. And if I found a partner, I would want them to not look down on me if I don’t know these things. Instead, I would want them to teach me. Hold my hand and guide me so we can hit back at this world together. Hannah’s not doing that. She’s being judgmental and joking about him not knowing things a little too much for my taste.
Saying all of this, Nick isn’t innocent. If you don’t know something, say it. And I know it’s hard with Hannah’s judgment staring you in the face, but speak up and don’t get angry and defensive when you don’t know something. That doesn’t help the conversation and makes the whole situation worse. Basically, he needs a mother. And Hannah isn’t here to mother anyone. So either he bucks up or ships out. We need men who try here. Not men who settle. And we need women who listen and not make a someone not knowing something a joke.
5. Tim and Alex seem to be doing well after their fight, but should they be? What do you think happened between them? And did the show (and them) just brush it aside too quickly?
Lizzie: Yeah, I feel like we moved on way too quickly here. What happened? Why didn’t we see it? It turned physical when she placed her hand over his mouth when it was first described and then it was downplayed and then it felt like they were trying to tell me it was nothing? It gives me such a bad vibe, because are you really telling me the show doesn’t have footage? Why not just show us what happened?
Lyra: Netflix is really dropping the ball here with all these scenes happening off camera. First it was these two in Mexico, Brittany and Leo breaking up off screen, and the conversation between Ashley and Tyler feeling like it started mid-conversation. And for Tim and Alex, something happened there that made him almost want to quit the show in Mexico. That’s not something little. It’s also why the sweet scene with Alex’s father was so jarring. If you were ready to leave her right then and there, why are you going to hard on winning over her dad? I’m missing understanding these contestants feelings.
6. The show has picked up in the after of a lot of the drama for the couples this season. We didn’t see Tim and Alex’s fight, or Monica finding Stephen’s text messages and we also didn’t see Ashley finding out Tyler was a sperm donor. Do you think this is intentional on the part of the show? How do you feel about this?
Lizzie: It’s happened in so many instances it’s gotta be intentional. Are they doing an extra episodes out of the stuff we didn’t see? Is this going to be shown in the reunion? Either that or the show has really dropped the ball this season, they literally missed all of the drama. They must be kicking themselves. I feel very conflicted about this because I feel like the show is trying to manipulate us, and like this is reality TV, there’s always a level of manipulation in the edit, but this is blatant. At least let me pretend I know these people and made up my own mind about them!
Lyra: Part of me thinks that Netflix not being around for some scenes or sharing key scenes they filmed is intentional. Love is Blind is a show and all of these people entered into a contract for season 7. As much as they like to pretend it’s casual, it’s not. They film them in bed before the lights go off, people. And when they meet the parents, oh wow, we have a view from inside the house as the couple enters together. All of it is orchestrated.
Think back to the Love is Blind season 6 reunion episode. Netflix saw the kind of buzz they got from Jeremy’s Apple watch debacle and how that wasn’t caught on camera. That’s buzz about their show. And any buzz is good buzz for them as a streaming service. So maybe this season they lean into it a little more. And maybe by the time the reunion comes around and people want answers as to what we missed, viewers will tune in to watch. It’s all about numbers.
Love is Blind season 7 episodes 1-9 are available on Netflix.
