Love Island
Episode 30
Season 8
Episode 30
Editor’s rating
Now that everyone is ready for the endgame, the guys do mental gymnastics, trying to determine the status of their relationship after the game.
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Monday turned out to be a refreshing day overall Love Island villa. There’s only so much drama left to squeeze out of these sexy now pseudo-singles in their final week. KC has become a lot nicer since eating that slice of humble pie, giving the less attractive sides of Zach and Dylan’s personalities a chance to truly shine. After the Corbinater was sunk last night, the islanders all agree that everyone is now pretty much isolated, which begs the question: what does this mean in terms of relationship status?
I think some of these boys have unrealistic expectations for their relationships, both inside and outside the villa. Zack, for example, is looking for a way to isolate Kaida without being locked into being someone else’s boyfriend, which Sincre thinks makes sense. Meanwhile, Dylan has given Kensi the impossible task of proving her devotion to him with just six days left in the villa, because her repeating ad nauseam how much she likes him is no longer getting in the way.
If it weren’t for the boys’ nonsense, we could have spent the whole day watching the girls convince their men to complete stupid tasks around the villa as part of a secret challenge – which would have been just fine with me.
Can anyone tell me what it means to “officially date exclusively” if it doesn’t mean being boyfriend and girlfriend? Because it’s the magical third thing, somewhere between “bonding” and a real relationship, that Zach imagines for himself and Kaida after they leave the villa. In my opinion, Zach would like to be exclusive until he does, and then he can always reason: Well that doesn’t mean I have a girlfriend. It doesn’t help that Zach’s sudden desire for false commitment seems to be driven less by his feelings for Kaida and more by his disappointment at being judged the least compatible by America. Kaida was also upset by the vote, but she deals with her feelings like a true New Englander and just says the word “fuck” a lot, as in, “Are we fucking crazy now?” Bryce gently suggests to Zach that perhaps this hesitancy in using words boy And girlfriend This is why America might vote this way, but Zach dismisses the idea. How could Bryce, who already has a girlfriend, understand what Zach meant? Zach asks Bryce if he and Trinity had a “covering moment,” and Bryce confirms, quietly saying, “We came close.” It’s a very different relationship, that’s what I’m saying.
Sincere, on the other hand, completely understands this. He would also like commitments without, like, committingYou know? So he brings Melanie into the dock to say a few more words to her. He tells her that yes, at the end of the day, he wants her to be his girlfriend, fiancee, wife, mother of his children and all that. Melanie leaves the conversation beaming, and it’s annoying because, girl, you know better than anyone that Sincere just says things like that.
In fact, everyone is devoted to their partner until the last day. After that they don’t make any promises.
Not all feelings need constant confirmation. I think sometimes it’s okay to say, “Hey man, maybe your feelings are weighing in too much right now. What would you say if we get some perspective and let some of it go?” Dylan is still crying—literally crying—over Kensi kissing Gal a week ago. On Carl and Zach’s advice, Dylan engages Kensi in several conversations about how he still doesn’t trust her when she says she wants to invite him to Lake Allatoona with her family, even though everyone thought it was long overdue. Even Zach said how good they look together and that’s why you can be sure everything is legit.
What exactly does Dylan hope to gain from these conversations? Carl and Bryce imply that it’s just the pleasure of hearing yourself whine. “He’s a talker. Let him talk,” advises Karl. Bryce says he thinks Dylan just wants to express his feelings. Dylan believes his problem is that he always puts other people’s feelings before his own. I’d say that’s a misinterpretation because I’ve heard a lot about Dylan’s feelings since he’s been here, but I’ve never heard him mention Kensi’s feelings. Kenzie asks what else Dylan expects from her at this point, and Dylan basically tells her that he won’t know what to think about her until he discusses it with his mom. At this point I would run away screaming, but Kensi simply says that she can’t build a relationship with him if he doesn’t trust what she says.
In the peanut gallery, Trinity and Kaida wonder out loud when Dylan will have enough peanuts, to which the answer is probably never.
I don’t know about anyone else, but the most fun I had all week was when Kaida had to ask a boy to do her makeup as part of the girls’ scavenger hunt. Trinity immediately tells her that she has to make Bryce do it. Of course, it doesn’t take much convincing to bring Bryce into the dressing room with you, check out concealers to match your skin tone, and practice your cat eye liner. You can really imagine Brinnity’s future as a hot modeling couple, can’t you?
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