I adore a messy Netflix dating reality TV shows. That’s why I am 100 percent intrigued when things get a little complicated on Love is Blind or generally Perfect Match and all its fun messiness. However, The Ultimatum and its spin-off series The Ultimatum: Queer Love may be Netflix’s biggest dating show trainwreck. I say the trainwreck part with admiration. The Ultimatum: Queer Love Season 2 may be the series’ messiest yet.
There is so much going on in Season 2, including developing love stories, possible manipulation, and even the formation of genuine platonic and romantic connections. The Ultimatum: Queer Love Season 2 is a must-watch series for fans of entertaining but chaotic reality TV shows. One particular constant in this season has me debating the whole process of the show. I need to talk about it.
Warning The Ultimatum: Queer Love Season 2 Episodes 1-7 spoilers are ahead. Proceed with caution.
I Was Shocked By How Many People Crossed Physical Intimacy Lines On The Ultimatum: Queer Love Season 2
The Ultimatum always involves a couple breaking up and then dating around to figure out who they want to couple up with for a few weeks. The new couples are supposed to treat this relationship like a trial marriage. However, how deep or serious the new couples take the new relationship depends on the dynamic. Some find themselves fully immersed in the experiment and treat their new partner like a real spouse.
Others keep things fairly platonic and treat their new person like a friend. In The Ultimatum: Queer Love Season 2, we once again see these dynamics play out in various ways. However, more than usual, take things further than the norm.
In Season 2, we see many new couples cross the lines of physical intimacy. This sometimes means kissing another person or having sex. This isn’t the first time it has happened on an Ultimatum series, but it feels like the most it has happened on a single season. Haley and Magan fully embrace becoming a couple. This includes having a sexual relationship.
They even end Episode 7 telling their former partners that they have fallen in love with each other. We also witness what appears to be intimacy between Mel and Dayna. This couple denies going all the way, but the edit tells a different story. We shall have to wait for The Ultimatum: Queer Love Season 2 reunion to see if the producers make it as dramatic as some other reunions and reveal unseen footage.
It Made Me Consider The Nature Of The Experiment
If you take The Ultimatum seriously, it makes physical intimacy a bit of a gray area. These are their trial marriages after all. Exclusive romantic relationships often involve physical intimacy, so if you’re taking this new person as a possible partner, that could mean sex is an option. However, I would hope that these couples set boundaries and limits on the nature of these trial marriages.
If they didn’t even discuss limits or boundaries in these relationships, that already shows some lack of communication. The couples should be comfortable setting boundaries or establishing that they’re taking the experiment as seriously as possible. This means that either whatever naturally happens happens, or nothing should happen out of respect for their partners.
In general, any couple needs to discuss what their partner is allowed to do, especially if they hope to get back together after filming ends. It may be a major sign to end things if someone crosses an established boundary, because it shows a lack of respect and consideration of their partners’ wants and needs.
However, I Still Consider All The Hookups To Be Infidelity On The Ultimatum: Queer Love Season 2
I am pretty much anti-infidelity. Therefore, if it’s not an open relationship or polyamory, I think having sex with someone outside of your relationship is cheating. Now, The Ultimatum is a bit more complicated because it’s a social experiment and reality TV show. We’re sure the producers probably encourage exploring connections. They likely thirst for sexual intimacy because they know the drama it will produce. Often, drama leads to iconic reality TV moments. The producers want the drama and likely want to see newly formed couples develop deep connections.
This makes the possibility of the final decision a bit more intriguing. However, if the couples establish that sex is off the table with the new partner and someone goes against that agreement, then that’s cheating. That immediately makes their actions a betrayal.
I Felt Like Some Of The Betrayals Were Harsher, And That Made The Season So Interesting
The Ultimatum: Queer Love is an interesting case whether the editors followed a story or created it. Mel and Dayna’s romance almost feels nefarious because it feels like an actual betrayal. This could be due to the way the series paints Mel. She comes off as this questionable character. You don’t know if she’s there to genuinely assess her relationship with Marie, or just there to have some guilt-free fun.
Dayna and Magan allegedly both have an affair, but I found myself more forgiving of Magan. She’s portrayed as this genuine person who becomes hurt when Dayna treats her a certain way, and maybe cheats first. Magan and Halley’s bond feels genuine. Therefore, I find myself rooting for them.
It’s the same situation of infidelity, but, either through the power of editing or the couples and characters themselves, one just feels like less of a betrayal. It feels more like people following what feels right versus someone who just wants an excuse to cheat. Things aren’t that simple but The Ultimatum: Queer Love’s editing makes things simplistic in that one feels right and one feels wrong. There is more gray area but you just can’t see that during the first seven episodes of Season 2.
The Ultimatum: Queer Love’s Infidelities Prove That So Many Shouldn’t Get Married, But I Am Worried Too Many Will Leave Engaged
The Ultimatum and The Ultimatum: Queer Love have had way too many couples who ended up engaged when they should have ended their relationship. It’s a constant that I find annoying. So many of these couples do not work. They could at least give the series a very memorable breakup.
However, they pick the happy ending of staying together. I think most of the couples featured in The Ultimatum: Queer Love Season 2 should breakup. However, I believe the majority will stay together and possibly become engaged. I really hope I am wrong. Magan and Dayna, Mel and Marie, and Pilar and Haley should all end their relationships. Go home single.
I like Haley and Magan together, but it’s probably best they spend some time as single ladies before reexploring whether their feelings were real or just the haze and intoxication of this experiment. Additionally, their feelings could have developed as reactions to their partners’ behaviors.
The final episodes of The Ultimatum: Queer Love stream on Netflix on Wednesday.
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