We all know it’s possible to develop to develop deep, passionate feelings about someone you only know through their voice. It’s called “listening to a podcast.” But would you agree to marry your favorite podcaster, sight unseen?
This is the conceit of “Love Is Blind,” a Netflix reality show about 28 hopeful singles who step into custom-built pods (coincidence? we think not) and speak to each other through an illuminated but completely opaque wall. After a dating period, some couples choose to get engaged, after which they’re able to meet face-to-face, enjoy a honeymoon together in Mexico, and then spend a few weeks living together in their hometown. The grand finale is a legally binding wedding; at the altar, each half of the couple responds “yes” or “no” to the wedding vows to reveal whether they wish to marry the person they met in the pods.
Season 2 of the series just dropped, with the finale — in which we learned which couples would say “I do” in front …
