Previously on Age of Attraction… so I kind of made a boo boo with my coverage here. The previous piece on this show had me spoiling the family and friends meeting despite those episodes’ release dates. So yes, those meetings did happen for couples like John Merrill and Theresa Demaria, the latter being suspiciously cagey. Coincidentally, for the finale, the show gives the couples some alone time to think about these new commitments. Afterwards, the contestants individually take an aerial tramway to meet their partners to see if they’ll stay committed.

Before I continue the review of the actual episode, I just want to comment on some people’s reactions. Age of Attraction, apparently, “excuses pedophilia”, which, according to Google, is the offensive sexual attraction to prepubescent children. Let’s stretch that definition and say that Libby Vodicka is a child because she can’t rent a car. But back in my day (the 2000s), voting age (18) was old enough to get into consensual relationships. I’ll move the goalpost to student loan payments (23), and if you’re past that age, grow the fuck up.

Anyway, back to the show and its old and young contestants and its clockable AI musical cues. Sure, these songs are on a budget, and it’s unfortunate that the musicians, are only getting paid for one time, but these musicians don’t exist so they don’t get money. But at least, Age of Attraction isn’t like Love is Blind that have a wasteful music budget. It’s not using songs by Olivia Dean and Raye in severely anticlimactic moments for couples who are flops. Also, giving John and Theresa a lot of screen time makes me ambivalent but TV is for hotties. Hotties, who, for some reason, talk – like – this.

Age of Attraction‘s second favourite couple is Derrick Fleming and Pfeifer Hill, both exuding maturity. Some people who watch the show compare Hill to Vodicka’s maturity despite them being a year apart. Justice for Vodicka, but I agree that Hill is more of an adult than I am at Andrew Wheeler’s age. The thing is, Fleming and Hill don’t make for the most exciting couple on screen because they seem like adults. But maybe this is the show’s sub thesis – being boring and settled, a flame instead of fire.

The other couples in Age of Attraction who are waiting to commit have love stories that are fiery. Whether or not those stories end up with happily ever afters are what viewers are here to discover. Leah Woolfolk aerial tramways up a hill in a dress that she makes expensive for Chris Dahlan. Will they enter into a longer commitment or, well, will one of them end up being contestants in Perfect Match? Lastly, the classically handsome Logan Goodrid and Vanessa Drozda have speeches but how will those end?

Age of Attraction is streaming only on Netflix.