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Are You The One? Season 8|E12: This Doesn't Look Sanitary At All

September 11, 2019 Emily
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I am about to get emotional, because this is the last episode of Season 8 of Are You the One!

So much happened on this, the last episode of the season. Pies were thrown. People got naked. Last minute hook-ups were had. Love was found. BUT DID THEY WIN THE MONEY? Read on to find out. I’m not here to spoil the final episode of this wonderful show without your consent.

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Are You the One? Season 8|E11: Tonight Our Theme is Take Your Son to Work Day

September 5, 2019 Emily
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It’s baaaaack!

After waiting two weeks to find out of we can keep shipping Jax or if our Max and Justin ship has been sunk, this week we got our answer. And I’m not going to wait any longer to let you know the answer. Max and Justin are officially not a match, which means Paige and Jenna and Danny and Kai are a match.

Let’s take a minute to let this sink in while Max melts into a pool of tears and crushed dreams. We now know five of the eight matches: Brandon and Aasha, Jonathan and Basit, Jasmine and Nour, Danny and Kai, and Paige and Jenna.

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Are You The One? Season 8|E10: Miss Jello and Miss Hello

August 21, 2019 Emily
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Episode 10. We return to our friends in Are You the One? land once again in the aftermath of another disappointing Match Up Ceremony.

Kylie says it sucks to see three beams in Week 7, especially since one of those beams is already a confirmed match. So really, they only got two new beams.

After Kai drunkenly told Jenna he’s still in love with her, Jasmine has decided she’s over Kai. Sorry if that was a lot of confusing pronouns. Basically, Jasmine doesn’t want to be second for anyone, so she’s seeing herself out of this toxic Kai situation.

Nour also seems to be ready to put aside the Kai drama. She asks Jasmine if they should talk about the fight they had at the Under the Sea Party. Jasmine’s like, nah girl. She doesn’t feel like there’s a need to talk through it, because she plans on just getting over it. They toast to their newfound friendship? “Cheers to going on our rollercoaster ride!”

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Are You The One? S8|E9: Don’t Underestimate This Just Because I’m in a Mermaid Suit

August 14, 2019 Emily

Heads Up: I’m irritated with Are You the One? this week.

Did they give us a lot of drama? Sure. Was it a lot of the same stuff we’ve already seen? Yes. On top of that, this was just a continuation of last week. So we get the end of the Under the Sea party and we go into the Match Up Ceremony and that’s really all there was to this episode. So with that in mind, rather than bringing you your regularly scheduled recap, let’s just cover everything that’s STILL going on in this episode of Are You the One?

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Are You The One? Season 8|E8: She’s Literally a Siren, and I’m Happy to be Lured to My Death

August 7, 2019 Emily

Things are heating up in Are You the One? land on Monday nights.

Who could have predicted there was going to be so much drama at semi-nude Under the Sea party? And we’re gonna get there and talk about. But let’s take it from the top.

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Are You The One? Season 8|E7: My Icy Heart is Melting

August 3, 2019 Emily
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Wow, what an eventful night of #AYTO television. There’s a lot to talk about here.

But… before we get into it, a little news about the remainder of this season of Are You the One: it’s moving to Monday nights at 11pm. That’s right. Definitely way past my bedtime. On the one hand, I’m excited about this move because it means I don’t have to wait a whole week for the next episode since it will be coming out THIS MONDAY. On the other hand, how bad is this season doing that it’s getting moved to 11PM on a Monday?? Like, why are you people not watching this quality content?

Either way, recaps will be moving to Wednesdays to adjust to this new programming schedule. Mark your calendars accordingly.

On to this week’s episode.

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Are You The One? Season 8|E6: You're Quite Literally Following Your Private Parts

July 27, 2019 Emily
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Another AYTO episode, and another week of me shipping Max and Justin harder than I thought possible. Dang.

I mean, just look at them. I really want them to be happy. but I’m nervous they aren’t going to be a match since the group only got one beam in the previous week when these two were sitting together. On that note, let’s just barrel ahead with this recap.

The gang only got one beam of light in this Match Up Ceremony. Their response? Let’s get drunk. They do get to some strategizing while drinking, though. You know, sometimes alcohol helps you think more clearly. Wait, no that’s not a thing.

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Are You The One? Season 8|E5: I'm Definitely Feeling FOMO Right Now

July 21, 2019 Emily
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Are you feeling FOMO because you weren’t in on this fivesome?

You’re not alone, AYTO fam. But before we get into the big main event, let’s talk about how we got there, yeah?

As always, we begin this episode by reflecting on how the Match Up Ceremony from last week went. Danny says this was a successful Match Up because they switched it up and still got two beams.

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Are You The One? Season 8|E4: Harry Potter is My Love Language

July 13, 2019 Emily
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Hello friends! I’m back for another week of Are You the One madness.

The season is in full swing at this point, and the drama is really kicking off. Looks like we’re going to get our first AYTO FIVESOME next week. Yo, I am here for it, but I’m getting ahead of myself. Let’s talk about what happened this week.

In the aftermath of last week’s Match Up Ceremony, here are the house’s main takeaways:

Everyone was shocked Jonathan and Basit sat together after the drama last week. Jonathan says there’s no way they’re a match. He’s still pining after Justin, even after Justin completely pied him off last week (if you’re not watching Love Island, then I don’t know what to do for you. You might not get that reference… but context clues are a thing). Justin says, “I thought about Jonathan as a possible prospect, but he got really possessive really fast. I don’t know. It just turned me off.”

Meanwhile Justin and Max are making out in a closet and… it’s kind of hot.

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Are You The One? S8|E3: I'm Not A Sex Robot

July 8, 2019 Emily
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Hello, and welcome to another week of Are You the One? recapping. Sorry this one is late, ladies and gents and everyone in between. I was doing a bit of my own celebrating over the long 4th of July weekend and I didn’t get a chance to watch this amazing show until yesterday. But I’m back and ready to give these lovely people in search of love my full and undivided attention. So let’s just dive right in to the episode…

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