Spiderbite

Yeah, I had completely forgot about that as well but it really is an integral part of the show. Depending on the clip and context they show, it can really drive the significant other nuts and drive them to fool around when they might not otherwise.

They "non-manly" guy and his girl are not long for this world.

lwhy?

Anyone still watching? I'm enjoying it so far, but I'm confused about most of the women running around with a bikini top on, but they are wearing towels from their belly buttons down.... Are they making them cover up for content ratings or are the women covering up their bellies?

PhantomStranger

I would wager that is something done at the behest of the cable network's standards and practices.

lwhy?

I just thought it was really odd since in some scenes they aren't, but in the majority of them they're wearing towels.

lwhy?

This was renewed for another season today: https://tvline.com/2019/02/26/tempta...2-usa-network/ Season two will be expanded to 12 episodes and a reunion special. I don't know if anyone else is still watching besides me, but I'm enjoying it.

Bill Needle

To my shame, I am watching. It started pretty slow but is picking up steam the last coupe episodes.

PhantomStranger

Spoilers are out there if you want to know if the one couple breaks up after the show.

Spiderbite

I am still watching it but I have to say that the cast is really not that interesting on the boy's or girl's side. And the "tempters" are even less interesting.

I love the concept since it is like watching a train wreck but they really need to cast better on the next season all the way around.

Red Dog

Yeah. It's mostly background TV for me.

DWilson

Mind you, they have to find people who actually willing to look at this as an opportunity for "personal growth" (or at least willing to say it).

PhantomStranger

Apparently the producers went into casting telling people this was just another dating show, they never told contestants the full premise or even the show's name until they were on the island.

Google Evan's history, he's part of a very famous murder story that was big news at one time. His married father was killed by the jealous husband of the woman his father had been cheating with. Which makes Evan's actions even more eye popping on this show.

I'm amazed they are at least doing the right thing and not bringing Evan's sad past up.

Bill Needle

But who goes on a dating show with someone they have been in a serious relationship with for several years? No one with any common sense that actually considers themselves to be in a serious relationship.

Even if they didn't tell them they'd be living with more than a dozen members of the opposite sex the entire time, they knew enough going in that they felt the need to establish "ground rules" but (ahem) plowed ahead anyway.

That is awful.

PhantomStranger

Some people are really desperate to become reality stars. Break-out reality stars can earn low six-figure incomes from endorsements and other opportunities. That seems to be a huge motivation for many of the twentysomethings.

As for the "couples" signing up, I think some of them signed up thinking it would be an easy three-week vacation at a tropical place. Evan and Kaci clearly thought they could do the show without consequences to their relationship.

Bill Needle

No doubt. That explains 80% of television and 98% of the internet.

Rob V

My wife and I will watch almost anything in this genre.. and we watched TI waaaay back in the day. That said, this show is awful. It's the Tokyo Drift of "dating" shows... nobody is likable, nobody has any redeeming value and you'll forget about what you watched the minute you delete it from the DVR.

lwhy?

I finally finished the season today. I thought it was decent overall. It was very interesting that 3 of the 4 couples broke up. One couple got engaged and one guy got engaged to one of the ladies he met on the island. I hope the next season is better.

Finisher

Absolutely dead at "Tokyo Drift of dating shows." I'm a total sucker for this genre as well and could barely make it through this season. Just awful and it's like they deliberately cast the least interesting humans on the planet.

Red Dog

It was terrible.

Saw a promo for Paradise Hotel on FOX last night.

Bill Needle

Yes!

I think one of the issues with Temptation Island is keeping the couples separated essentially the entire season. While it makes cheating on each other much easier, it makes the bulk of the season just another crappy Bachelor spin-off until the end..

PhantomStranger

Here's a little inside dirt that came out on social media. The producers filmed Evan's proposal to Morgan in that restaurant several different times - one of the bystanders caught it on their phone. They kept wanting more angles for the cameras and other issues.

It wouldn't surprise me if an episode is built around their wedding for season two.

Rob V

Original Desmond

I binged it, wasn't too bad, better than Paradise Hotel but nowhere near as good as Love Island UK

out of the 4 couples, only 1 stayed together. You wonder how real this show is

i do like the way they did the 6 month followup

PhantomStranger

Last week's season two premiere with new couples seems to have been forgotten here. Once again on USA network.

If you go looking, there are pretty clear spoilers already around about the ultimate relationship status of the four couples.

Bill Needle

I tried to watch the premier of S2 but I just couldn't make myself believe I wanted to watch another season so I quit after about 10 minutes. Maybe if I hear some crazy stuff happens I'll come back, but S1 was just too much time for too little entertainment return for me to give S2 a watch.

Got a link to the spoilers?

PhantomStranger

I saw the spoilers on Twitter.