SPOILER ALERT: THIS PODCAST AND POST CONTAIN SPOILERS FOR THE FIRST BATCH OF “LOVE IS BLIND UK” EPISODES.

They’ve got the pods. They’ve got the golden goblets. They’ve got a Nick-and-Vanessa-Lachey-esque married couple with English accents (Emma and Matt Willis, to be specific). And they’ve got a host of singles from across the U.K., mostly in their late twenties to thirties, who are ready to bare their hearts through a luminous opaque glass wall in hopes of finding a spouse. “Love Is Blind UK” is here, and it’s got all the romance and drama we expect from the series with an extra dash of winning British slang and cultural references.

The first batch of episodes introduced us to a batch of (mostly Instagram-hot) men and women who have felt stymied by their dating options and are ready to take a big swing to find love. And while recent seasons of “Love Is Blind” have either faltered or intentionally deviated from the usual formula, “Love Is Blind UK” seems to be hitting its marks neatly: Six couples get engaged, and five of them head to a luxurious honeymoon in Corfu, Greece. There’s a lovable golden couple who seem to be going from strength to strength, and some likable couples to root for, but more than one of the remaining pairs is showing a few cracks that might lead to trouble down the line. There’s an Unlikable Male Lead, a bevy of women we’d like to get margaritas with, and a couple love triangles that clearly have more juice in them even after the proposals.

In this episode, we discuss the vibes of the UK edition of “Love Is Blind” and of the couples emerging this season, we discuss the omnipresence of absent fathers and weight loss in the cast’s backstories, we speculate about which couples will founder on the rocks (and why), and we pick our top enemy and friend from the first batch of episodes. Hope you enjoy! xo

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