Season 1 Discussion

[Landlord]

3 minutes ago, Latenites said:

Besides the gums, which I noticed immediately, isn't her right eye way larger than the left? Maybe it's the camera angle.

Could she have the same thing as Paris Hilton for her eye? I don't know the name for it, I'm ignorant. And well... Lazy to look it up. Also: how can you feel chemistry over emojis?

Strabismus. There. I googled it.

[Latenites]

Strabismus is eyes going in different directions. It didn't look like that, but the actual size of each of her eyes look different to me.

[Cherrio]

24 minutes ago, JocelynCavanaugh said:

Also: those gums. Sorry.

LOL

[CSunshine76]

Darcey's desperation is just oozing out of the tv screen.  She's worried about facebook statuses and mentions marriage every 2 seconds.  I've got second hand embarrassment for her.  And her poor daughters watching this, oof.

And new girl with the wonky eye, for the love of God, if someone can't or won't call or FaceTime you, something is wrong! Watch an episode or ten of Catfish.  Can't wait to see what's in store for her.

[lgprimes]

This was the first episode I saw this season, bug one thing jumped out at me:

Jesse CAN'T STAND Darcy!

is he just being polite because she flew all that way? Is getting laid THAT important?

Wow, they are painful to watch.

[Landlord]

4 minutes ago, Latenites said:

Strabismus is eyes going in different directions. It didn't look like that, but the actual size of each of her eyes look different to me.

It's midnight here. But I meant Paris Hilton. She got (has?) eyes that are different sizes.

[Deni]

2 minutes ago, lgprimes said:

This was the first episode I saw this season, bug one thing jumped out at me:

Jesse CAN'T STAND Darcy!

is he just being polite because she flew all that way? Is getting laid THAT important?

Wow, they are painful to watch.

Yeah, she's really superficial, and he's not. She'll really have to tone it down or he's going to really start resenting her.

[Cherrio]

I said it last week that I don't know if I can watch this show.  

Those 2 American guys are so creepy.  They literally make my skin crawl.  They have an Indle King vibe.  Run girls, run fast, run faster.

Jesse is an asshole. A controlling weirdo and I agree with the poster who said, enough with the complaints about America.  

Darcy I  kind of feel sorry for. Go home, find a decent guy and spend time with your daughters.   Or just spend time with your daughters.

Cortney, enroll in a community college and smarten yourself up. Maybe a trade like a dental assistant?

Edited August 21, 2017 by Cherrio

[Laurie4H]

Doesn't Darcy look older than 42?  Maybe it's because I'm 42 and I feel me and my friend who are my age or older look younger than her.  Maybe it's the Botox but I feel she seems closer to 50.   

Cortney just isn't all that bright.  I've know people like that (and some of them have Masters and Doctorates).

Edited August 21, 2017 by Laurie4H

[rideashire]

5 minutes ago, Laurie4H said:

Doesn't Darcy look older than 42?  Maybe it's because I'm 42 and I feel me and my friend who are my age or older look younger than her.  Maybe it's the Botox but I feel she seems closer to 50.   

Cortney just isn't all that bright.  I've know people like that (and some of them have Masters and Docorates).

She really does look older to me too, but I think it might have something to do with her hair style and color and (I can't believe I'm agreeing with Jesse) all the make up she cakes on. She could probably look closer to her age if she did some things differently. That very dark hair and harsh style only ages her further.

Or...she's really 52 assumed no one would notice.

Edited August 21, 2017 by rideashire

[poeticlicensed]

We need Nev and Max to pay a visit to Cortney before she decides that the naked guy holding handcuffs but won't Skype is her true love. 

Paul wants karine to have an STD and pregnancy test before he has sex with her? First, isn't he being a bit presumptuous to assume she will want to have sex with him? I guess a foot locker of snack food is worth a roll in the hay I guess. And will he also be taking an STD test?

So neither Paul nor karine learned one word of English and Portuguese ? They are both dumb. 

[Landlord]

1 minute ago, poeticlicensed said:

We need Nev and Max to pay a visit to Cortney before she decides that the naked guy holding handcuffs but won't Skype is her true love. 

Paul wants karine to have an STD and pregnancy test before he has sex with her? First, isn't he being a bit presumptuous to assume she will want to have sex with him? I guess a foot locker of snack food is worth a roll in the hay I guess. And will he also be taking an STD test?

So neither Paul nor karine learned one word of English and Portuguese ? They are both dumb. 

Sorry, but who are Nev and Max?

[poeticlicensed]

1 minute ago, Landlord said:

Sorry, but who are Nev and Max?

They are the hosts of the show Catfish on MTV. They investigate and uncover people who catfish. 

[Kelly]

3 minutes ago, Laurie4H said:

Doesn't Darcy look older than 42? 

Yes!

INHO, she looks particulary awful in her talking head segments. Not sure what is going on w her forehead/hairline.  She looks part cyborg.

Her hair is also def too long, and too dark.

She would look a lot better with hair/makeup/clothes toned down.

[Landlord]

Just now, poeticlicensed said:

They are the hosts of the show Catfish on MTV. They investigate and uncover people who catfish. 

Ah, thank you very much. I don't have nor do I watch MTV.

[greekmom]

7 minutes ago, Laurie4H said:

Doesn't Darcy look older than 42?  Maybe it's because I'm 42 and I feel me and my friend who are my age or older look younger than her.  Maybe it's the Botox but I feel she seems closer to 50.   

Cortney just isn't all that bright.  I've know people like that (and some of them have Masters and Doctorates).

I'm 44 and seriously - I look YOUNGER than Darcy.  I think it's either the work she's had done or she's really pushing closer to 50.

I didn't catch what Jesse's Dad (?) said to her in the promo.

[Kelly]

7 minutes ago, greekmom said:

I didn't catch what Jesse's Dad (?) said to her in the promo.

To me it sounded like "...you've seen each other for a day and you're already talking marriage - are you out of your *ucking mind!?"

Edited August 21, 2017 by Kelly

[rideashire]

I think the fact that Cortney grew up in a home where people are super excited about dip and purposely need to show you the dip they made, is part of the reason she's gullible and seems sweetly ignorant. I'm not picking on her parents, my grandma would show me the dip she made too, I know how it is, but that's a special kind of place to be and you gotta fight the good fight to rise above it and earn yourself some common sense and life skills.

Sidenote, watching shows like this has apparently burned out my soul and turned my heart black. Damn you reality tv.

[poeticlicensed]

7 minutes ago, Kelly said:

Yes!

INHO, she looks particulary awful in her talking head segments. Not sure what is going on w her forehead/hairline.  She looks part cyborg.

Her hair is also def too long, and too dark.

She would look a lot better with hair/makeup/clothes toned down.

Her hair has to be extensions. Isn't that why he bought silk sheets ? She said something about keeping her hair from getting frizzy. 

[Christi]

53 minutes ago, Landlord said:

Watching Cortney, I have a Nicole 2.0 vibe. Her parents, her friends. Girl, your red flags are up, don't go through with this!

hey...its obviously going to be a clusterfuck...but hey...she loves to travel and looks better than Nicole...so maybe she will just have a fun 3 weeks..as long as she doesnt wake up in a bathtub of ice, missing a kidney of course?

[Kelly]

1 minute ago, poeticlicensed said:

Her hair has to be extensions. Isn't that why he bought silk sheets ? She said something about keeping her hair from getting frizzy. 

Oh for sure she has extensions...

Her whole look just screams desperate.  She just has desperation rippling off of her.

[Christi]

7 minutes ago, Kelly said:

To me it sounded like "...you've been here a day and you're already talking marriage - are you out of your *ucking mind!?"

um...those are hus parents??? no waaaay... I thought they were palm readers or something!!

He also said "obviously he is way out of your league"  hahahaha

Just now, Christi said:

um...those are his parents??? no waaaay... I thought they were palm readers or something!!

He also said "obviously he is way out of your league"  hahahaha

[CSunshine76]

3 minutes ago, Christi said:

um...those are hus parents??? no waaaay... I thought they were palm readers or something!!

He also said "obviously he is way out of your league"  hahahaha

Hahaha, I thought the EXACT thing....that they had gone to see some psychics that may have been his friends,. His parents? Greatness!! 

[Awfarmington]

4 minutes ago, Swim mom said:

Note to Cortney's mom:  if your blood pressure is so high that you have blood splatters in your eyeballs, you are burning your kidneys to dust. Get some bp pills and start saving up for dialysis. 

The way Cortney laughed when she brought that up was a little weird. Like first a little chuckle, then more laughing as she thought about it. I'm not sure how causing your mom that degree of stress is amusing. 

[spankydoll]

1 hour ago, JocelynCavanaugh said:

Yeah, they're... prominent? I know it's mean to point out something that a person can't help, but damn. She reminds me of a former colleague who I super didn't like, who also had a gum "situation," so that doesn't help.

She looks like a young Vikki Gunvalson.  With a much nicer personality

[itsadryheat]

I'm having a very difficult time believing this show is not scripted. 

[Cherrio]

38 minutes ago, Landlord said:

Ah, thank you very much. I don't have nor do I watch MTV.

I would of said that about a month ago, but I watched an episode of Catfish and got "hooked".

[Arwen Evenstar]

Yeah,  noticed Cortney's gummy smile and wonky eye, neither of which she can help. I don't think we should ridicule her for something she can't help, but you can't fix stupid. Her mom was all excited about dip? Reminds me of my ex husband's family; they were obsessed with it for whatever reason.

Darcey seriously smacks of desperation.  He seems to like her, so hopefully she's not stupid enough to spoil it by being so neurotic and hungry.  Jesse seems more pragmatic. I have a couple of Dutch friends who are similar to Jesse in their thinking and societal attitudes. 

[Caseysgirl]

This is seriously a great season! I already hate all of them.  Darcy is trying to beat " how to lose a guy in 10 days" she is doing absolutely everything that would turn off the average guy but Jesse is like a relationship cyborg!  Paul, you are a nerd and a fool  and why neither of you thought you needed to speak basic English or Portuguese to communicate with each other - did you think you were just going to hug all day? April is definitely playing Chris, er, Paul but I don't care because he definitely deserves to be taken.  And last but not least, Cortney, even your old Father thinks your being catfished & he probably never watched MTV.

[spankydoll]

Darcy should have taken a hotel room for the first few days. She could have settled in, smoothed out her hair extensions, pooped and poulked herself together. She is a wreck and jet lag is the worst. You need to spend the first day rehydrating and getting acclimated. 

3 minutes ago, Caseysgirl said:

This is seriously a great season! I already hate all of them.  Darcy is trying to beat " how to lose a guy in 10 days" she is doing absolutely everything that would turn off the average guy but Jesse is like a relationship cyborg!  Paul, you are a nerd and a fool  and why neither of you thought you needed to speak basic English or Portuguese to communicate with each other - did you think you were just going to hug all day? April is definitely playing Chris, er, Paul but I don't care because he definitely deserves to be taken.  And last but not least, Cortney, even your old Father thinks your being catfished & he probably never watched MTV.

What is the Portuguese word for STD? Her Father will punch Paul in the face when he reads that text. 

[happy hobo]

1 minute ago, spankydoll said:

Darcy should have taken a hotel room for the first few days. She could have settled in, smoothed out her hair extensions, pooped and poulked herself together. She is a wreck and jet lag is the worst. You need to spend the first day rehydrating and getting acclimated. 

Rehydrating a mummy is almost impossible. .......seriously.

[Drogo]

42 is young and beautiful if a woman has taken care of her skin, as in washing and moisturizing since her 20s... clearly not Darcy's regimen. 

[Arwen Evenstar]

Hell, I just turned 51 and just finished chemotherapy and I still look younger than Darcey.

[thejuicer]

Darcy is a hot ass mess but I get serial killer vibes from Jesse.  He orders her to take off her makeup, then as she's doing it he tells her to do it in the bathroom and asks her if she needs help. Just strange. I would be getting out of there so fast if I were her. 

[chickenella]

1 hour ago, Christi said:

um...those are hus parents??? no waaaay... I thought they were palm readers or something!!

I wonder who is older, Jesse's parents or Darcy?

[Gigglepuff]

Wait...Courtney said she was catfished before?? What?? 

[TrininisaScorp]

I grew up and still live in Orlando.  Yeah, I met and married my husband here, so it isn't all that difficult.  Also, our families here are just fine, thank you.  

As a Catfish (and Nev and Max) devotee, the second Courtney said "male model" and the lack of videochatting, I pretty much assume the dude (if it is a dude) is a catfish.  Can't wait to see this blow up in her face!  Yay!

Karine seems wayyyyy younger than her stated age.  I finally paid attention to one of the title pieces and realize that Paul is 34.  I'm also 34...I almost died at the very different experiences he and I are having at this point in our lives.  The next time I think I done messed up and my life sucks, I'll think about Paul sitting on that curb with all his luggage.  B/c I'm an asshole. LOL.   

Amsterdam is quite beautiful.  Jesse and Darcy seem to be both weird people.  Between Jesse's weird bossiness and falling back on "oh, stupid American"-isms and Darcy's bubbleheadedness and insanely unsubtle push for a wedding ring, I'm not sure which I dislike more.  I love when crazies get together, but these two are grating.  Will this stop me from watching?  No, I'm in for Darcy and Jesse being idiots.

Abby and Sean...still creepy af.  

As another poster mentioned in a previous post, I am heartbroken we didn't get to see some of the first meet ups between our 90 Day Vets.  I would pay for the pay per view of going back in time for Danielle and Mo.  

Edited August 21, 2017 by TrininisaScorp

[TrininisaScorp]

SoshulMeedya (I just got your username...I'm cackling), I'm over Danielle and Mo at this point...the last episode of 90DF:HEA? felt like the true tattered bookend to those two crazy bastards.  BUT, man, I would have really enjoyed seeing the start of the trainwreck.  Like, was it like a worse version of Nicole and Azan?  Was she pawing at him?  I think it would have been a riot.

Also...I'm agreeing with the sentiment that all our American compatriots are looking ROUGH this episode.  Upon rewatch, Darcy is so pathetic (with the chair and Facebook etc) and Courtney is so dumb to fall for the "Spanish" "model".  

Also when your girlfriends cackle at a question about your love life, you got real problems.  Sounds like Courtney got catfished by a dude posing as a Bollywood star.  This is why you need South Asian friends!  One look and I would have been, "yo girl, errr, eemmm, that's Shah Rukh Khan...so..."  While I live in Orlando and am South Asian, I am NOT volunteering.

Edited August 21, 2017 by TrininisaScorp

[Desert Rat]

3 hours ago, kacesq said:

There isn't a single likeable American in this bunch for me. Cortney lost me with the " I traveled the world and other cultures are more family-oriented and not as corrupted." Spare me, honey. You just got done introducing your parents who have been married forever.

Right. Cortney's stripper/porn star Spaniard is more family-oriented and less corrupted than Americans.  Give me a break. Look at your parents, Cortney, and follow their example.  They have a long marriage and seem like a wholesome, sensible couple, family-oriented, hard working and not corrupted.  Where did they go wrong with Courtney?

3 hours ago, Adeejay said:

 

That Cortney is willfully ignoring all these red flags, leads me to believe she is either desperate or stupid. 

Or both.

[Desert Rat]

3 hours ago, Madding crowd said:

I think Jesse seems kind of rude. Darcy is probably nervous but he keeps pointing out things that are wrong with her. 

Jesse is very rude. The woman just got off the plane, cut her a little break.  OTO, Darcy is so so desperate, so pathetic, if I were Jesse I would put her back on the next plane back to the U.S.

If Jesse wants to live and work in the U.S. he better cut the crowd crap of all Americans this and all Americans that.  How would he know?

Edited August 21, 2017 by Desert Rat

[Desert Rat]

3 hours ago, Cherrio said:

 

Darcy I  kind of feel sorry for. Go home, find a decent guy and spend time with your daughters.   Or just spend time with your daughters.

Yes, spend time with your daughters.  And stay away from the plastic surgeon, tone down the makeup, give your daughters' their clothes back and find some more suitable for a woman your age (and I don't believe you are 42.  More like 50.)

[Desert Rat]

3 hours ago, Swim mom said:

Note to Cortney's mom:  if your blood pressure is so high that you have blood splatters in your eyeballs, you are burning your kidneys to dust. Get some bp pills and start saving up for dialysis. 

If Courtney were my daughter, my eyes would bleed too, and I don't even have high bp.

[Scorpiosunshine]

I'm finally catching up on the episodes and haven't caught up on reading forums / haven't commented on any yet; I paused this episode because I had to post.

I don't think I've ever used the word "thirsty" to describe anything other than actual, physical thirst.

But Darcy? She is so damn thirsty she might as well be on her 3rd day of being lost in the desert in a sand storm. 

I'm cringing so hard & feel so much second-hand embarrassment. 

[biakbiak]

I can't believe Courtney isn't just doing this show for 15 minutes of fame because no one who has already been catfished could be this stupid.

[Desert Rat]

7 hours ago, thejuicer said:

Darcy is a hot ass mess but I get serial killer vibes from Jesse.  He orders her to take off her makeup, then as she's doing it he tells her to do it in the bathroom and asks her if she needs help. Just strange. I would be getting out of there so fast if I were her. 

Yep.  Jesse resembles Jeffery Dahmer.

 

Edited August 21, 2017 by Desert Rat

[Scorpiosunshine]

4 hours ago, happy hobo said:

Rehydrating a mummy is almost impossible. .......seriously.

I laughed at this for such a long time, Happy Hobo! 

[Quof]

Quote

Darcy showers, but her hair isn't wet, and she's still wearing makeup. How do you do that?

Top and tails, aka Whore's Bath.

Except I guess she didn't do the Top. 

[bichonblitz]

No wonder Jesse seems annoyed. Darcy wears 6 inch Loubitians to walk the cobblestone streets of beautiful Amsterdam and then complains about having to sit down because her toes are crushed in the shoes! Get a clue, woman. You look rediculous. 

[Mercolleen]

Jesse telling Darcy to "Let's take off our jacket and shoes" like she is a preschooler is classic. I wish he had told her to take off the extensions too. 

[Deni]

Did anyone notice that Karine said that she likes "light-skinned" men? I know that Brazil has some issues with colorism, but that statement still stood out to me. Perhaps she equates light skin with wealth.