Everything about the Love Is Blind season 4 reunion special was messy

polygon.com:

Well, that was a bit of a mess, huh?

After the wildest, pulpiest season since the first, Love Is Blind season 4 ended on an even more chaotic note. The reunion special — which, as Netflix hyped over and over again in the lead-up, was live, and even the cast didn’t know what they were in for — was much delayed by technical mishaps. Some were able to watch the reunion just an hour and a half after it was supposed to start; others had to wait until the episode dropped on the service the next day.

And the resulting special — well, that was its own thing too.With a “record-breaking number of love triangles” this season, couples breaking up before they even made it back to Seattle or the altar, and wedding day tailoring madness, there was a lot to unpack in the live special. Did the reunion live up to the soapy fun of season 4? That’s what we’re here to find out.

[Ed. note: This post discusses the events of the season 4 Love Is Blind reunion special. Spoilers, such that they are, abound!]

Zosha: What stood out most to me in this special was: It felt packed to the absolute gills with people trying to set the narrative. This is true of virtually any reality show, but almost everyone’s efforts were pretty overt in the season 4 reunion — particularly with the “live show” element of it all. It was like a weird, low-stakes, emotional game of Hungry Hungry Hippos, where everyone was feverishly pouncing on the narrative that best propped up their side. Only this time everything was pulling more and more from the internet’s take, to mixed results. Truly the best thing that could’ve happened to Zack here is realizing Irina got the villain edit and he could condemn her on live TV.

Austen: This really was a special just for the