Our favorite love experiment returned to Netflix with a third season.
As usual, the show revolves around the concept that love is blind.
After two weeks, some of the couples choose to get engaged.
Of course, this has resulted in some incredibly cringe-worthy moments.
This season, one of the contestants apparently didn’t get the memo.
Cole replied, “For me, amarriage, it’s got to be very deep.”
Later, Colleen expressed to the other women that she was hurt by Cole’s rejection.
But wait Colleen was the one who saidsheprefers surface-level relationships, right?
“Colleen is stressing me out,” writer Chante Josephtweeted.
That pretty much sums it up!
Andrew, an executive turned wildlife photographer, seemed to connect with Nancy Rodriguez while in the pods.
On one of their dates, Andrew went into detail about his sex life and it was seriously awkward.
Apparently, Andrew learned about a technique called “sexual kung fu” from an older woman in Bali.
“It can feel like a spiritual experience where your sense of reality changes.”
Maybe, just maybe, Andrew is onto something.
In fact, she was doing literal jumping jacks while Bartise Bowden was confessing his childhood traumas.
The moment left viewers aghast.
The scene got even funnier when Bartise called her out.
“you’re able to hear it?”
“Oh yeah,” Bartise laughed.
The moment went viral and Raven was even asked about it byPeople.
At least Raven owned up to her very poorly timed workout.
In the first episode, it seemed Raven Ross was about to get very real about her career.
“I just want to be as transparent as possible.”
Raven was gearing up for a dramatic reveal, it seemed.
Bartise Bowden was naturally a little confused.
“Like what kind of stuff?
Do you strip?”
No, okay, I don’t consider that the service industry," she said.
As it turns out, she was referring to bartending and bottle service.
Fans were left pretty confused.
“Am I missing something?
Like why are we making a big deal out of being a bartender?
However, he ended up finding a stronger connection with Nancy Rodriguez.
When Bartise gave Raven the news that he was no longer interested, things quickly got awkward.
He began by telling her what a great couple they would be thanks to their mutual interest in fitness.
“This is tough,” he then said.
Cut to Raven with an understandably giant grimace on her face.
Raven quickly decided this would be a mutual breakup.
“I also made the same decision,” she said.
“Yeah, it’s a no for me.”
Talk about a weird split!
“I’ve fallen more and more in love with you,” Andrew said.
He then asked her to come closer to the wall separating their pods.
Even though it was clear what was coming, Nancy was still grinning.
Andrew smiled, clearly thinking she was going to say yes to his all-important question.
Nancy replied, “To say yes … it just doesn’t feel right.”
Yikes, talk about waiting until the last minute.
This proposal could not have been more awkward.
I guess I feel satisfied that I went for it.
It’s just yeah man, it hurts.”
That’s right Andrew used eye drops to create fake tears.
Is it okay that I’m doing this?"
Naturally, the moment quickly wentviral.
In fact, the moment was so explosive that both Andrew and Nancy have since commented on it.
Andrew’s only response?
One scene in particular immediately jumped out at fans.
“Have you ever unclogged a toilet?”
She then went on to describe a pretty vile situation from her past.
“One time I didn’t have a plunger,” she began.
She then described jabbing the toilet scrubber into the toilet.
“And it went down like butter,” she admitted.
Um, sorry, what is going on here?
“one fan tweeted.
In fact, as soon as they were face to face, they started having trouble with communication.
During their second day together, the pair ended up arguing about the word “good.”
Filming himself, Cole said, “Z, what are we fighting about in this moment?”
Apparently, Zanab had said she had a great night with Cole, while he said it was good.
It seems this relationship could get complicated pretty fast.
One of their early dates took place at a sound bath.
Asone viewer put it, “SK snoring.
you’re free to tell Raven wants to smack him.
She secretly hates him.”
When the gong bath came to an end, SK said, “How was it?”
Raven laughed and replied, “I wouldn’t know, your snoring was so loud.”
We’re on what, nap number two today?”
Okay, clearly Raven is not a huge fan of SK’s ability to fall asleep during the day.
But we have to admit that watching her get annoyed at his snoring on their date was pretty hilarious.
How could it go wrong?
First, the pair played cornhole.
After Zanab missed, Cole took a shot and got his beanbag in the hole.
“Wow, who knew this was such a sophisticated game?”
she said with a hint of bitterness in her voice.
Then, they had a go at ping pong.
After Zanab said she didn’t really know how to play, Cole took charge.
After he showed her the basics, Zanab didn’t seem to enjoy playing.
They then went on to play chess another game that Zanab didn’t know how to play.
“I’m getting very mixed signals from you,” she said in annoyance.
“I don’t necessarily feel that I have the best teacher for this game.”
We have to say, that was the most awkward game-playing we’ve ever seen.
Asone fan noted, “The games date between Cole and Zanab is … a lot.
Are they struggling or are they working through things?”
“But I am an engaged man now, so,” he continued with a cheeky smile.
Bit gross, Cole, we have to say.
Instead of reassuring his partner, Nancy, he chose to do something entirely different.
Bartise shamelessly replied, “So that’s the opposite of what I experienced.”
He then proceeded to gush about Raven.
He then went on to explain how during the pod dates, he had feelings for both of them.
He summed up by saying, “Are you cool with me being that honest with you?”
Cut to Nancy’s interview.
“Like, what the f***,” she said.
“If you want a tall blonde fitness girl, go to a body competition.”
Yikes, Bartise, what were you thinking?
Fans were, of course, shocked.
Things came to a head for a few couples during a pool party.
“I was very impressed when I saw you in person,” he gushed.
But Raven wasn’t having any of it.
“So for me, it’s like not flattering at all.”
Instead of flirting back, Raven shut Bartise down fast.
“I really feel like we don’t have a lot of compatibility,” she said.
Fans were pretty impressed.
Okay, redemption arc!
“tweeted one fan.
Cole Barnett also had his eye on Colleen Reed and their conversation was pretty awkward, too.
Yikes but it got worse.
When Colleen asked Cole what his typewouldbe, he said without hesitation, “You.”
Colleen went on to return the compliment.
“We’d approach each other,” smiled Cole.
The morning after the pool party, Zanab and Cole were shown chatting in bed.
It was revealed that the previous day, Zanab had asked Cole to rate her out of 10.
“It’s fine,” she said.
“I’m good.”
But it was pretty clear that she wasn’t.
Asone fan tweeted, “Cole is emotionally abusing Zanab at this point.
He thinks he’s honorable for being honest and that’s just not the case.”
And when her coffee machine refused to work, things only got worse.
“This coffee is just not working,” grumbled Raven.
Silence settled between the couple.
Cut to a shot of the machine finally kicking on.
(Kudos to the editing team on this one.)
A few fans noticed just how weird the scene was.
“a fan tweeted.
The topic came up when the two were discussing finances.
Brennon began by explaining that he had his student loans to pay off.
Alexa then discussed her financial hopes for the future.
“I always want to, like, be comfortable.
Cue another long silence.
“You clearly have more money than I do,” said Brennon.
“That seems obvious at this point.”
Then Brennon said he would sign anything.
“What does your contract say?”
“That you have to love me,” he replied.
Asone fan put it, “Alexa is dropping so many bombs on Brennon.
Lol she wants to be a stay-at-home mom and buy a house in a year and a prenup!
That man was not ready but his response was v good.”
Umm, we’re pretty sure that’s not the response they were looking for.
One brother summed up how he felt by saying, “It’s iffy.”
They didn’t come to f*** around.”
Sorry, does that mean you’ll be paying half of his rent, too, Raven?
Understandably, fans were just a little shocked.
Anotherwrote, “Brennon looks like he wants to crawl under a rock!”
It really could not have been any more awkward.
In a very awkward scene, Cole brought Zanab into his messy apartment with his hands over her eyes.
“It’s it’s dirty,” said an embarrassed Cole.
“No, it doesn’t smell bad.
That’s like a big thing,” said an overly generous Zanab.
“Cole’s apartment has ‘boy’ written all over it,” she continued in an interview.
As writer Bolu Babalola wrote onTwitter, “Cole’s apartment made my heart pound in horror.
WHY ARE THERE FLIES IN YOUR TOILET?????
Why is your underwear by the TV?
This is not how a ‘normal 26-year-old guy lives’ unless they were brought up by barn animals.
I am sorry.”
