Spoilers for the Love Is Blind season 8 finale ahead. Unsurprisingly, a show that asks its stars to get engaged sight unseen and married just a month later is usually filled with twists and turns. That’s why nearly every season of Netflix’s hit reality dating series Love Is Blind tends to have a “golden couple” to help weather all the onscreen drama it serves to audiences (think: season 1’s Lauren and Cameron, or season 4’s Brett and Tiffany). Minor hiccups aside, this couple tends to have a solid relationship throughout, often using their position of relative stability to comfort fellow cast members who might be having rockier journeys.
Love Is Blind is back this Valentine’s Day with season 8, set in snowy Minneapolis, Minnesota. Come on: Did you really expect a “Midwest nice” installment of this show to not have a “golden couple?” They seem to come in the form of 27-year-old digital marketer Monica Danús and 34-year-old physician associate Joey Leveille, who quickly form a tight bond even as their peers navigate slippery slopes. Still, in a season where family expectations loom, even Monica and Joey face obstacles on the way to the altar.
