Though we gotta say goodbye for the summer . . .1 Here are my closing thoughts on this season. But first - a bit of neuroscience. It has been said that people dislike change. That is not very accurate. What people don’t like is surprise. We don’t like the unexpected (I didn’t see that coming!)... Continue Reading →

Nestor Alexander Haddaway sends in this email from Trinidad: “What is love?” For Andrew and Alexe, love is $125,000. For Spencer and Jess, love is $190,000. That’s why they call it Paradise, boys and girls, because you can love for the sake of love, AND you can love for the love of money. Let’s break... Continue Reading →

Recently, I began a music listening session that ran far too long with Haddaway’s classic, What Is Love. Judging by this week’s episode, whether you have whatever love is, is decided by an Oprah-approved relationship therapist observing you and your partner interact while setting up a love nest in a bug-infested jungle. The penultimate episode... Continue Reading →

Act I: Get Me the F Outta Here The episode kicked off with another Relationship Test unrelated to anything in the real world, unless locking your partner into a treasure chest is a thing for you. As claustrophobic as I am, this was triggering1. As always, the game featured Jesse giving indecipherable rules that made... Continue Reading →

Welp, the New Evil Genius Producers (NEGPs) done did it. This week was The. Best. Episode. Of. The. Season. This week was The. Most. Confusing. Episode. Of. The. Season. As sports TV personality Mike Wilbon loves to say, “More than one thing can be true.” Moreover, the NEGPs also managed to make us experience a... Continue Reading →

Cue Tommy Edwards It's All in the Game Many a tear has to fall, but it's all in the gameAll in the wonderful game that we know as love As we know, because Jesse says so, is that Paradise is and has always been about finding love. But I can tell you. Everything. Is. Going.... Continue Reading →