90 Day Fiancé

Four seasons in, I just became aware of this show's existence. After watching two episodes, I think it is mostly sad.

The concept is that individuals from the U.S., who have a long-distance relationship with people they may not have met, get engaged. When their fiancees come to the U.S. on K-1 visas, they have 90 days to get married--or they have to leave the country, by law.

The trend in dating-for-marriage shows seems to be speeding up the process. "The Bachelor" gives its participants mere weeks to make a life-long connection. "Spouse House" requires participants to become engaged or risk being evicted from the house/show. "90-day Fiancé" uses immigration law to accelerate the ticking clock for its five couples.

What really makes this concept perilous for participants is the real and obvious risk of "catfishing". It is very much like offering someone money if they get married to a person they know very little about. Yes, there are declarations of love, but viewers can clearly see that some relationships are very suspect.

In the end, viewers get train wrecks or love stories, both of which are interesting viewing. There is also plenty of drama, based on the anxieties of the participants, which viewers feel vicariously.

I saw one episode of 90 Day Fiance by accident and i got hooked to the drama. Yes, it is overly dramatic and extra and useless, but there is something addicting too. I dont know how much of the show is written but sometimes its weird how much drama can a on couple have.

People wanting an ideal with not understanding much about their partner they met briefly, and not knowing themselves either

I do like this show but it's one of those tv programs that aggravates you so much, you could just turn the tv off and never watch it. That's how annoying it is.

First off, as someone who's a child of an American & a foreigner I am disgusted how most of the immigrants on this show are treated by the American families. I get the fact that you're protective of your family & want to protect them from "some foreign scammer". --NEWSFLASH--- not every foreign immigrant who comes to American is scamming you, is dirt poor, wants your money, wants to live off of you or wants your American jobs. It is customary to send money "back home" for many cultures once in America. It's taking care of your 1st family. My mom does it still & America has been her home for 20+ years. The level of snobbish ethnocentric attitude coming from these families is part of the reason other countries/cultures have a negative perspective of us as a whole. Never mind the fact that the people who came here for real genuine love are lonely AF, might feel depressed, have a language barrier & feel out of place when they move hundreds of miles from their own home.

Chantel's family is the most infuriating out of all people on the whole series. Yes, Pedro has made mistakes & done things in very bad taste (the fight) but initially, they gave this guy a hard time & continued to relentlessly harass him all with a smirk on their face. It's sickening to watch this family, including her passively aggressively attack him, knowing he can't prove it cause he'll look defensive & cause Chantel is playing both sides and barely defends him against her controlling family. I honestly pray he leaves her. I can't stand to watch them anymore, I just fast forward. It's laughable they have their own show too???

Why does this show continue to provoke by asking the wrong questions to the victims & not anything to the aggressors? TLC step it up. You used to be one of my favorite networks, but you're quality is going down hill from having trashy people on your shows. Smh.

Some of the past seasons were really entertaining, and many of the cast members were not clout chasers as they are today. Many of the scenes today are so heavily scripted that it insults our intelligence. This may be my last season of watching. Would like to see another network take a show like this back to a natural level of real people, and real problems. Not the outwardly manufactured garbage the show is now producing.