Okay, last post about TLC’s 90 Day Fiancé (at least for this season).
Recently, we the lovers of trainwreck television were given the very last episode of 90 Day Fiancé’s second season, which was more or less of a reunion show of the subjects of the season. Typically, I’m not necessarily a fan of this kind of format, since I have a tendency to believe that it leads to a lot of fluff, doesn’t really answer a whole lot of questions, and typically leaves things more in question than before it even aired.
I can’t say that this was any different than any of the reunion shows of any programming prior to this, but I couldn’t help watching it, since I was really eager to find out more information regarding the clear-cut aces of show in Danielle and Mohamed. Naturally, the host of the show was about as aware of how polarizing they are, as they alone commanded entire segments of the show at times, and were almost always last to be addressed in inquiries. But also naturally, the time constraints of the show meant that they couldn’t be given too much time, and after the hour-long program was over, there were lots of unanswered questions, more question marks, and no clear-cut speculation to what lies in their future.
However, it was still ironically entertaining, watching as Mohamed relentlessly, and almost out of naïve cultural ambivalence, systematically humiliated Danielle on cable television with the things he said, that is, when he wasn’t answering yes or no questions with diatribes of vague responses and way more words than necessary to get a point, or not get a point across.
But when he told the audience that his reasons for getting married being 40% an adventure, and 60% simply wanting to be with someone merely for stability, nothing more needed to be said than watching poor Danielle’s face bury itself into his shoulder. Yet, one of the few times in which he actually responded to a yes or no question with a single word being when asked if he were happy with the way things were, and him saying simply “no,” led to one of the most uncomfortable silences in the history of television.
The best part of it was that the other couples, most of which weren’t exactly Cinderella stories in their own right, felt the need to chime in and subtly criticize Danielle and Mohamed’s relationship, as if they were living fairy tale romances in themselves. Granted, in comparison, they may as well have been, but in reality, they had their own petty squabbles and in some cases, legit reasons to believe that their own courtships might’ve fallen through.
Including the guy who mail ordered a bride from the Philippines, because he basically really liked the idea that divorce wasn’t an option in the Philippines, so he wanted to hook a woman who wouldn’t even consider dumping him after she got her green card. Oh yeah, as much as Danielle and Mohamed stole this season, Brett and Daya weren’t without notable flaws, either.
Regardless, I’m sad to see another season of 90 Day Fiancé come to a close, and even sadder that they’re 2/2 in seasons with a 100% success rate of marriages. Even if Danielle and Mohamed are a sham of shams, they still made it to the altar and both inconceivably said “I do.” I still don’t believe for a second that this is anything other than a poorly executed scam, butfor all intents and purposes, they’re married, just like all the other couples, bullshit as it might be.
