On day 600,000 of Illinois’s stay-at-home order, it happened to you. You’re on your living room floor. You’re doing a 1,000 piece custom-ordered jigsaw puzzle of Cardi B and Bernie Sanders photoshopped partying at Tao. You jab one of the dozens of blue pieces into a spot with no luck. You sigh, devastated. This puzzle is just not cutting it anymore. Something’s missing. You need gossip. Real gossip. You need reality TV. OK, stop protesting. Let me finish. You DO need it.
If you’ve become a quarantine homebody a little too easily, you should watch: 90 Day Fiancé (Hulu)
You’re double-booking Zoom calls. You’re mixing yourself elaborate cocktails like you’re at the bar. You’re wearing your prom tux to the grocery store. You practice eye contact in the mirror, anticipating a meet-cute on your next sanity walk. Uh, you need Terrace House, a Japanese reality show on Netflix. It’s arguably the most realistic reality show. No talking heads, no contrived drama—just six hot people moving into a beautiful house and getting to know each other. I mean, contestants still go to their day jobs at this show. Unlike your average reality show, Terrace House residents say things like “hello” and “how was your day?” Normalcy, baby!
If you’re fluctuating between being very horny and being very sad, you should watch: The Great British Bake Off (Netflix)
