I'm Claire Fallon and I'm Emma Gray and this is Love to See It, an obsessively detailed

recap podcast about reality dating shows like The Bachelor and other pop culture that makes us laugh, cry, and curse the patriarchy.

We can't live with these shows and we can't live without them, but we can break down every juicy moment and unpack all the weird messages these shows send us about love, sex, and dating.

Welcome to this bonus episode of Love to See It, Channel Serving Edition, where we venture away from ABC and examine a non-bachelors franchise dating show just like as a pal cleanser or field trip.

It's just good to diversify sometimes. So this week we are getting into the first four episodes of the Netflix All-Star Reality Dating Cross-Over Show, perfect match.

Of course it was Valentine's Day this week. Happy belated Valentine's Day everyone and this show is just the perfect way to get us in the mood.

The mood for love. The mood for romance.

For perfect matches. For strategy. All these great things that go together under the banner of war.

All spare in love and war. Okay Claire.

So let's talk about perfect match. This is the first season of this Netflix show.

The concept is basically bachelor in paradise for the Netflix reality dating universe. It's getting those All-Stars from different shows together to date each other regardless of what franchise they're originally on or even if it was technically a dating franchise.

So it's their second shot at love. So we got sexy singles from all the major Netflix reality franchises that are at all dating adjacent.

I mean I guess like the mole is really I just can't find a way to call the mole of reality dating show but they got a film against some way is in no way a dating show.

I think that part of the genius of this structure is that they can pull from non dating shows they can kind of pick out the singles who could also perform in a romantic setting and I think it's a fun honor to like we didn't use this person's Thor like physique to create an up advantage in the mole.

But we're going to give them that. Well or just in a different way because there were lots of physical challenges in the mole.

I don't know what I can't think of any other reason for a Thor like physique. It's just for me to be interested in dating I'm pretty sure.

So it's a dating show of champs right and so the goal of the show is to find your perfect match through a series of compatibility challenges dates eliminations new singles being brought into the house you have to pair up with someone in the house in order to keep your spot.

And then I guess at the end one couple will be named like the most perfect is to match of all.

And I think they get some money then they get money.

And there's nothing like a reality show with a cash prize for being in love that just sets people up for genuine marital success domestic bliss.

Look this was the beauty of bachelor pad and they are recapturing that energy you got to give people a little bit of reason to be competitive and you get so much drama out of it.

You say that but there are a lot of dating shows where there's no money involved and people still get competitive.

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