“Too Hot to Handle” Season 3 Review

The newest season of this Netflix reality television show is so bad it’s almost good

By: Max Pritchard

In the third season of this Netflix dating show, ten attractive twenty-somethings are placed on a luxury island, with the twist that they can't have any sort of sexual contact during their three-week stay. Gasp! The horror! If they don't follow the rules, their $200,000 prize fund is decreased. 

The guests are watched by Lana, a virtual assistant that attempts to help them make more genuine emotional bonds. To do this, she assigns them to sensual workshops and gives them nothing to do but talk to their fellow guests about how horny they are.

Unsurprisingly, these tactics prove to be unsuccessful. 

Basically, this show is not very good. Most contestants are shallow, and their interactions are often tedious. In addition, the workshops are bizarre, the narration is awful, many relationships are uninteresting, and the plot twists are predictable.

But I would be lying if I said I didn't have fun watching this. It helped that I watched it with friends— viewing this alone would probably be very dull. But we found ourselves growing to like many contestants for all their flaws. And there are a few sincere emotional aspects—one British couple has to overcome their Britishness and learn to express their feelings, and it's genuinely touching.

In the end, the show is very dumb fun with a little bit of heart. If you're looking for something to binge-watch with your friends, you could probably do worse than "Too Hot To Handle."