What It's Really Like To Be a Contestant On Netflix's Dating Around

The conventions of reality dating shows are well established: the teary confessional, the poolside hookup, the catfight, the dramatic elimination.

Dating Around, which arrived on Netflix last month, has none of those things. Each of its six episodes follows a New Yorker as they go on five separate dates across the city, navigating through awkward silences, shared passions, bad jokes and arguments over cultural differences.

The conventions of reality dating shows are well established: the teary confessional, the poolside hookup, the catfight, the dramatic elimination. Dating Around, which arrived on Netflix last month, has none of those things. Each of its six episodes follows a New Yorker as they go on five separate dates across the city, navigating through awkward silences, shared passions, bad jokes and arguments over cultural differences.