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Love Is Blind Season 4 Ep 12 - A Groom With A View

In this episode of Decoding Reality, David Chen and @joyonapping discuss the Love Is Blind season 4 finale.


Which couples ended up making it at the altar? How successful was the edit in showing us the true nature of these people’s relationships? How beautiful does Washington state look in this episode? Whose relationship will last? Is ‘I Hope You Dance’ really an obscure song? Like really? Listen to hear us discuss all this and more!


Have any thoughts/reactions/questions/comments? Email us at decodingtv(AT)gmail(DOT)com. You can also watch this conversation on the Decoding TV YouTube channel, where we will be broadcasting all our recordings. Give it a subscribe and get notified when we go live!

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