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Aired winter 2022 · Refined production, a cast worth arguing about

Chicago

The second season sharpens the format the Atlanta original invented: tighter pacing, more developed pod sequences, and a cast whose dynamics kept the season in the conversation well after it aired. Chicago is where Love Is Blind started feeling confident rather than experimental.

Filmed
Chicago, Illinois
Chicago, Illinois
Premiered
Feb 11, 2022
Netflix · February 2022
Episodes
10
Format
Pod dating · altar reveal
The format running with two seasons of confidence
Cast size
30 players
15 men and 15 women in the pods
Host
Nick Lachey and Vanessa Lachey
second season with Nick and Vanessa Lachey
On this page
  1. 01The take
  2. 02The shape of the season
  3. 03Where it sits in the canon
  4. 05Adjacent in the canon
  5. 06Also appears in
01The take

Chicago.

The production clicks here, and the cast makes the most of it.
02The shape of the season

A rhythm worth tracking.

Chicago refines the formula Atlanta established. The pod sequences run with more depth and purpose, the production is confident from the start, and the cast's engagement with the blind-dating premise is stronger than in the inaugural year. It became the most discussed founding-batch season after Atlanta — not because it reinvented the format, but because the cast gave the experiment something genuine to work with.

03Where it sits in the canon

The #02 slot.

Slot #02 of 5 in the Love Is Blind Editor's Canon. The seasons on either side show what I ranked it against.

No spoilers. Every page is reviewed before it goes live.
06Also appears in

Cross-references.

Love Is Blind S2 — Chicago — tiered.tv