1. Dr. Pepper needs to go as well. She was the primary advocate for the Extreme Opposites strategy of pairing, which I feel was a failure. Being the genuine caring person she is does not equal competence. Experts need to be neutral in their SM ect for duration of the show. Experts must also demonstrate competency in the field of martial therapy/matchmaking. Get Patty in there!
2. Let the couples interact with the other couples. It seems that these pairings have nobody else to support them through the process, people who understand intimately the pressures of being the couple under the microscope. Would also make for good TV.
3. BACKGROUND CHECKS, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD. And follow through by actually not allowing people with certain backgrounds/histories to participate. Social Media monitoring, of course.
4. The audience needs to be informed of producer created situations, which will whittle it down more to what's absolutely necessary.
5. At no point should there be any requirement for the participants to share a bedroom or a bed. Put yourself in the shoes of someone paired with a complete stranger. There needs to be an option to remove yourself from even the most minor of situations, if only to collect your thoughts and think things over. I wouldn't want my daughter to be required to be intimate at any level with someone she needs time to get to know.
6. Love the fishbowl idea posited by other posters. A Get To Know You fishbowl each week, bonus for full participation, the questions getting more deep/intimate as time passes.
7. Alter the contract to allow participants to sue for damages if they are paired with someone who has an issue that compromises their safety, if the show knew and allowed them to move forward. That alone would make the show a helluva lot more genuine, and attract a better quality of participant. It would also require the experts to actually do a good job.
To the poster who suggested Dr. Logan be paired with Sean? I Love You! THAT would be a show.
