Love is Blind Season 11 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 11 of the series. And since we can’t control ourselves (as evidenced by Love is Blind breakdowns of multiple seasons), here is our breakdown of the first 5 episodes of Season 11!
P.S. Need a reminder of the Love is Blind Season 11 cast? Read more here!
1. How does this season compare to the last 10 and the international spinoffs?
Lizzie: Hahaha I know I always say these people get worse, but these people get worse. How, I don’t know. Miracles of casting, I guess and I say that as anything but a compliment. My problem with this season, I think, is that so far I find myself not rooting for anyone. Everyone is either boring or actively annoying right now, and I would like to free all the women from this cage, except it’s a cage they chose for themselves so whatever, their choice.
Lyra: Love is Blind Season 11 is by far the most bland season that this show has ever created. I can’t remember anybody’s names, most of the conversations that they had, or the disagreements. Because every single part was just so forgettable to a degree that I didn’t think was even possible. It’s almost amazing, honestly, that it’s this bland.
Keeping that all in mind, reality TV is a study on different communities. This cross section of humanity just so happens to be vapid, vain, and utterly forgettable. That’s on top of very questionable editing choices when it comes to what is being addressed between these couples like anti-vax sentiments and opinions on abortion while avoiding politics. Also there were some really weird gender politics going on here where the men had to be manly men just cuz and the women felt like they needed to fix them.
If this is what Boston has to offer, these women are better off single.
2. Is there any couple that makes you feel like love is truly blind and why?
Lizzie: No. Love is not blind. Final conclusion. The end.
Lyra: No. Not a single couple has the connection, chemistry, or charisma to make me believe that Love is Blind is a successful experiment in Season 11. And I was hoping for at least one, because I know this is reality TV trash. But even when I kept my expectations low, I was served up with nothing.
3. Which couple do you feel IS NOT going to make it and why?
Lizzie: Is any couple going to make it? LOL. I mean, John and Sarah. She’s too smart for him, and after she had to explain vaccines, I lost all hope. Dump the man, Sarah. Run.
Lyra: None of the couples are going to make it. Like I mentioned earlier, none of them have the actual connection, chemistry, or charisma that draws you in. If anything, Aneha and Cam might make it because they feel like the most normal ones. But everyone else feels like they’re just here to increase their social media following. And they’re really obvious about it to the point where the illusion is broken.
4. Who is the drama of this season?
Lizzie: So far, Stew. But since he’s gone (please don’t let him return, please, I beg you), I guess the drama will have to wait until we have a full reunion of the couples with the people who didn’t make it through. Honestly, I don’t even care. That’s what’s killing me. I’m not even looking forward to the drama.
Lyra: Morrey, Stew, and Benita. But guess what? None of them made it out of the pods. But they were the most memorable ones in a sea of tedious reality that wasn’t even fun to watch.
Morrey, Stew, and Benita were over the top, messy, and looked like they were putting on an act every single second they were on screen. But they were entertaining. And they had a spec of humanity to them that if they leaned into, would have been really interesting. But they stayed caricatures and now they’re gone.
5. How did Season 11 of Love is Blind rate when it comes to diversity?
Lizzie: It’s still very white, but they did show more Black contestants than in a few other seasons. We still have basically no body diversity, though. Everyone is thin and pretty. Love isn’t blind, because you know whoever is on the other side is going to be a bombshell.
Lyra: Like Season 10, Season 11 touched on nothing of importance when it comes to representation. They circled around the question as a means of determining their preferences in beauty. And that makes the lack of conversations about representation even worse. But I am glad that at least some diverse couples made it through. We have Aneha, Wilnie, and Wilson. So there’s that.
6. What was your biggest red flag moment this season?
Lizzie: Again, Sarah, why are you with the antivaxxer? I cannot get over this. She had to break down vaccines for him. She had to explain why the COVID vaccine was backed by research! And then she turned around and went, “yeah, I wanna marry this dude.” Is the dating pool in Boston so bad? Is the bar in hell? I don’t understand it.
Lyra: There were too many red flag moments in the first five episodes of Love is Blind Season 11 to the point where I couldn’t keep straight which guy said what problematic thing. Because they were talking a big game about being masculine while negging the women, delivering backhanded comments, and just showing a general disdain for women. It felt like none of these men actually liked the women. And the women were just settling for the bare minimum.
But if I had to pick the biggest red flag moment or person, it would be that entire conversation between Sarah and John where they talked about vaccines and abortion. The entire thing was a red flag, him for his views and her for accepting the bare minimum after just dumping the last guy because she didn’t want to teach him like many women do when it comes to mediocre men.
Love is Blind Season 11 Episodes 1-5 are available on Netflix.
