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Spoilers for the season finale of Love Is Blind follow.
You never know exactly what the result of an experiment will be. The season four finale of Love Is Blind confirms that hypothesis. Three of season four’s couples ended their stories in wedded bliss, even the on-and-off again Bliss and Zach. But Paul and Micah’s wedding day ended with an “I don’t.” The most surprising thing about that twist wasn’t the outcome itself, but rather what it revealed about one of its variables. In a season chock full of villains, a supervillain emerged in the show’s final moments: Paul, the scientist.
Some of you may chafe at this designation. How could Paul—reasonable, sensible, relatively sound of both mind and body—wind up as Love Is Blind season four’s ultimate supervillain when there were so many terrible people to choose from? There was Irina, who, upon seeing her fiancé Zach, said he “looked like a cartoon character,” then insulted him for their entire honeymoon before trying to steal her best friend’s fiancé. Who could forget Jackelina, the woman who convinced soft-hearted Marshall to fall in love with her, only to leave him for her second choice, a Drake wannabe named Josh? And let’s not count out Bliss’s dad, Shah, who couldn’t care less about criminal justice reform and also told her daughter that she was headed for divorce not 10 minutes after meeting her fiancé (also Zach).
After watching the finale, though, Paul stands alone. His Relationship with Micah began under shady circumstances, with the pair verbally committing after each leading on two other paramours. The writing was on the wall for them the moment Micah said that she wanted to split time between Seattle and her beloved Arizona. (“No,” said Paul.) But going into their wedding, there was still some semblance of hope that these crazy kids might make it, despite Micah’s bleach-blonde ASU sorority girls vibes and Paul’s penchant for “witchy” women from the Pacific Northwest who are “always in a corner making potions.” Maybe opposites attract!
But also maybe not. On their wedding day, Paul and Micah lacked the conviction of their fellow contestants, like sleepy Tiffany and Brett. In a carefully worded statement, Micah told her bridesmaids that she was “about to get married potentially to someone that I really love” (brutal), while Paul took a straw poll of his groomsmen, asking them whether he should get married. (They all said yes, for the record). “Why the fuck don’t I know what I’m going to say?” Paul muttered to himself at one point.
Ever the scientist, Paul felt at sea without any empirical data to tell him whether or not he and Micah should spend forever together. “I wish I had a way to make this decision,” Paul said. “I don’t have the tools that I need.” Unfortunately for Paul, there are no beakers and bunsen burners when it comes to determining true love.
Still, down the aisle they went. Paul’s vows were appropriately flowery, with him telling Micah that while he “questions everything,” there was “no question in my mind about my love for you.” But in a moment of clarity (or perhaps producer intervention), Micah said that she wouldn’t say “I do” unless she heard Paul’s answer first. Ultimately, Paul couldn’t commit to a lifetime of winters in Scottsdale, and told Micah that despite his love for her he didn’t think they could “choose each other” at this time, sending Micah crying from the altar.
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