Warning: This post and episode contain spoilers for the “Love Is Blind” season 7 reunion!

This “Love Is Blind” DC reunion had it all, if “it all” refers to every one of Nick and Vanessa Lachey’s well-documented inadequacies as hosts: corny dad jokes that Nick’s punch-up writer clearly prepared well in advance, missed lines of questioning and failures to follow up on important points, muddled back-and-forth disputes between the cast that dragged out for long minutes while the moderators mentally checked out, Vanessa claiming dubious familial relationships with the “Love Is Blind” babies, and, of course, a couple of the biggest villains of the season being let off the hook with barely a slap on the wrist apiece.

What the reunion episode didn’t have was even more infuriating — most notably, the truth about Tyler’s three kids. The reunion taped before his children’s mother went public with her side of the story, and so he doesn’t address or acknowledge her allegations that he conceived two of his children with her as part of a sexual relationship, not as a sperm donor, and that he was fully present as a dad in the lives of all three of her kids. Instead, he and Ashley come prepared to paint him as a generous but naive guy who was just trying to help a single mom and got a little too involved. Ashley may be the biggest disappointment of the episode, as she insists that she knows all about Tyler’s relationship with his kids and stands by him — indicating that she is supportive of his apparent decision to ghost his three young kids.

Meanwhile, Hannah touts her immense self-awareness and growth since the show while continuing to be glib and unbothered by the hurt she caused others — not just Nick, but her purported bestie Katie as well — and taking the first opportunity to turn things around on Nick and paint him as the true villain of their relationship. And though we can’t and won’t endorse a man going on this show and calling his partner “a grenade,” we can’t and won’t justify her cruel treatment of him throughout the show simply because he has also said unkind things.

There’s a lot more said and unsaid on this reunion, and we dig into as much as we can in this episode. Also inside: how Tim continues to unsettle us, Marissa’s unwise choice to burn her good will by taking on Nick’s golden retriever reputation, women as food with feelings, and all those unnecessary alumni updates. Hope you enjoy! xo

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