Dismal. Crashed and burned. Complete BS.
These are just a few selection phrases that followers on Reddit used to explain season 17 of “Married at First Sight,” primarily based in Denver. Some lamented it is perhaps the collection’ worst season but – and maybe with good motive.
A fast recap for the uninitiated: “Married at First Sight” (MAFS) travels to varied cities throughout the U.S. trying to find single of us able to get hitched. The present is hosted by a workforce of matchmaking consultants, who pair the singles up primarily based on their perceived compatibility. The primary time the couple meets is on the altar and after a two-month trial marriage, every couple decides in the event that they wish to keep collectively or break up in a ritual often known as Choice Day.
The not-so-happy MAFS {couples} from Denver
In Denver, the present’s matchmaking consultants went 0-5 – not a single couple stayed collectively after Choice Day. Heck, some broke up lengthy earlier than filming wrapped. And for those who rely one of many unique brides who bailed on the altar – one other collection first – the consultants went 0-6. I’d guess that’s a file.
It’s not simply that the Mile Excessive Metropolis’s {couples} didn’t work out; they made clear in the course of the first a part of the season reunion that they aren’t on good phrases. Not even shut.
Accusations of infidelity flew. The entire forged confessed to attempting to sport the present by deleting sure footage and hiding secrets and techniques. 4 of the 5 ladies wore pink in solidarity after feeling like their now ex-husbands manipulated them all through the course of filming. (Half two of the reunion airs Wednesday night time on Lifetime.)
“There’s drama, there’s comedy, there’s horror, there’s thriller – each style of theatrics you possibly can consider shall be on this season,” Pastor Cal, one of many present’s legacy matchmakers, informed JHB final fall. And boy did the present ship.
However in on-line chatter, followers mentioned they finally felt betrayed and referred to as for a recasting of the present’s consultants. Through the reunion, it was clear the people who participated had been nonetheless very damage. Critics on the leisure website Collider referred to as the Denver season “essentially the most disappointing as a consequence of poisonous conduct, battle, and strange censorship points among the many {couples}.”
Was it a problem inherently with the present that led to such a catastrophe? Or a problem with singles in Denver? There’s no technique to know. However the consensus amongst followers and critics appears to be aid that the trainwreck is over. Properly, virtually.
Tune into the ultimate half of the season 17 “Married at First Sight” reunion Wednesday night time at 8 p.m. EST on Lifetime.
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