They’re scorching, they’re dumb and so they’re about to grow to be your new obsession.
They’re the horny singles of Netflix’s Too Hot to Handle, an eight-episode actuality relationship competitors with a hands-free twist: For each sexual act dedicated between gamers — and that ranges from a peck on the lips to the entire shebang — a corresponding amount of cash is subtracted from the group’s $100,000 jackpot. And since why not, the entire experiment is overseen by a sassy Alexa-esque robotic named Lana. It’s mainly Love Island meets 1984. What may probably go unsuitable?
Truly, let’s talk about Lana a bit extra. Whereas the employment of a faceless host-bot could seem a tad ridiculous, Lana is to not be underestimated. She sees all, she is aware of all and her suspenseful supply virtually ensures her an Emmy nomination for Excellent Actuality TV Host. (Watch your again, RuPaul.) As one contestant precisely muses, “You by no means know what God — or Lana — have in retailer.”
And Lana’s hands-off initiative is simply the primary of many twists thrown at these self-proclaimed “scorching, sexy serial swipers” throughout their eventful keep at “the Retreat.” The secret is to develop non-physical relationships and show private progress, however a few of these lovable scamps are extra considering a special kind of progress. (And for those who assume the present doesn’t make that pun each time doable, put together to be sorely mistaken.)
It additionally doesn’t harm that each single contestant — from the Vancouver-based Instagram mannequin to the Florida sorority woman who giggles and shrugs when requested what language her again tattoo is written in — seems like they have been lovingly handcrafted in a actuality TV workshop. Although they hail from each nook of the planet, all of them come outfitted with comparatively comparable manufacturing unit settings. And what some fashions lack in brains, they make up for in abs. Better of all, you don’t even have to drag their strings to make them say issues like, “Her morals are none!” or “The eyes all the time go to the boobs, however my face is fairly good too, I feel.” That’s simply how they convey with each other.
If it makes you’re feeling any higher about your self, you possibly can deal with Too Scorching to Deal with like a sociological investigation. (Can these worldwide hotties resist their primal impulses and be taught to talk a typical dialect… of affection?) However you actually shouldn’t should rationalize your binges of selection. Not on this local weather.
Right here’s the deal: When you discovered your self hooked on both of Netflix’s latest actuality hits, The Circle and Love Is Blind, you’ll in all probability get a kick out of this naughtier endeavor — an oddly related responsible pleasure within the age of social distancing.
Hit PLAY on the trailer under for a more in-depth have a look at Too Scorching to Deal with, then drop a remark together with your ideas under: Will you be checking it out when it drops on Friday? (It’s OK, we gained’t inform anybody.)