But this season, which ended last week and aired its reunion episode last night, featured many contestants who seemed to be seeking relationships that were notably old-fashioned. Some people expressed sentiments that wouldn’t feel out of place on tradwife TikTok. This conservative bent mirrors a wider cultural shift, as more Americans express support for traditional gender roles. It also heightened Love Is Blind’s ongoing tensions between conventionality and nonconformity, and left the season’s values feeling incoherent—up until the end, when the show’s premise collapsed entirely.