All your reality dating show prayers have been answered because Netflix’s Love Is Blind, the crème de la crème of TV dating shows, is back with its big fourth season. And allow me to the first to say the new episodes, which are dropping every Friday, are quite a wild ride. More episodes hit Netflix this Friday, so pop the popcorn, and settle in for more LIB shenanigans.

In case you haven’t seen the previous three seasons, this reality dating show asks the question, “is love really blind?” To answer this question, 30 singles date each other in “pods” where they’re separated by a wall and can’t see each other. Like, they literally don’t get to see what their date looks like unless they fall in love and decide to get married.

Episode five comes with a major twist. After a truly horrific honeymoon in Mexico, one of the couples, Zack Goytowski and Irina Solomanova, decide to call it quits. Then, in a first for the show, Zack goes back to another contestant, Bliss Poureetezadi, and asks her for another shot at love. Even after all of this, he says on Instagram that he still believes in the concept that love can be blind.

So… Did Bliss agree? Did she reject his advances? WH has the receipts, so let’s get into it:

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What has happened during season 4 so far?

In the pods, Zack proves himself to be a bit of a lovable oddball, initially telling the women he “meets” that he is A) a stripper named Zack Attack or B) he is homeless, living under a bridge. (The answer is C, he is neither, and actually works as a criminal defense lawyer).

Nevertheless, he is popular among the pod squad and two lovely ladies, Irina and Bliss, begin to vy for his attention and ultimately, his heart.

The love triangle causes some drama. Things reach a boiling point when Bliss bakes Zack cupcakes for his birthday. Irina, meanwhile, does not remember his birthday and asks Bliss to borrow some candles. Bliss then tells Zack that she doesn’t have a super high opinion of Irina. Yikes!

And despite the cupcakes and Bliss and Zack’s shared love of Lee Ann Womack’s epic song, “I Hope You Dance,” Zack ends up choosing Irina as his bride-to-be, saying he picked her because he “knows her heart.” Bliss is, understandably, upset.

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When they first meet, Irina tells Zack he looks like a cartoon character, while he can’t stop staring at her. Off to a tough start! Irina then avoids Zack every time he comes within a foot of her body, so it’s very clear that these two aren’t super into each other physically.

In Mexico, Irina tells another guy she dated in the pods, Paul, that she thinks he’s sexy and continues to avoid Zack’s advances. By the end of the trip, they have an honest moment and call it quits. Irina says she likes Paul, who is engaged to her best friend Micah, and encourages Zack to go back and try things again with Bliss.

Why Bliss gave Zack another chance:

After Mexico, Zack finds Bliss back in Seattle and tells her he knows he messed up and that he should have picked her in the first place. (Duh).

When fans criticized Zack for his choices on social media, he was quick to respond:

“I think if you watch closely you can see who I loved more. Look at how I was when each relationship ended. Do you see how devastated I was when I ended it with Bliss. I laid on the couch with a pillow over my head crying for hours,” he commented in response to a query. “Maybe the truth is I didn’t have the courage to see if our love could overcome all obstacles. Maybe I thought there was too much in the real world that would get in the way. Maybe I thought she was a little too good for me.”

Zack responds to a fan on Instagram.

Are Zack and Bliss still together?

It is hard to say! I have yet to see footage of them at the altar, but Bliss is featured pretty prominently in the trailer, so she’s definitely back in the action after that date in Seattle.

Plus, Zack recently told WH that once he and Bliss got together, they didn’t really talk about the fact he initially chose Irina. “It’s water under the bridge,” he adds.

While that seems to suggest these two are still happily together, Zack, who only follows 36 people on Instagram, does not follow Bliss on the app, which seems like…not a great sign. She doesn’t follow him either. However, Zack definitely seems really happy on Instagram, asking people not to say anything mean to the other contestants online and posting cheesy-but-sweet ‘grams about his thoughts on the show.

One final investigative note: They both Venmo’d the same person in the fall of 2022… So, is it just one small world in Seattle, or are these two hanging out with another couple?!

Here’s the evidence:

Stay tuned for updates as more episodes drop soon on Netflix.

Jacqueline Tempera is an award-winning writer and reporter living in New Jersey with her many pets. She is a business owner and a double Scorpio who loves all things astrology and reality television. She is passionate about body diversity and representation, mental health, and the fight to end sexual assault and harassment. To learn more about Jackie, follow her on Instagram @jacktemp or visit her website at jackietempera.com. 

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Lindsay Geller is the Lifestyle Director at Women’s Health, where she oversees the Life, Sex & Love, and Relationships sections on WomensHealthMag.com and the Mind section of Women’s Health magazine. When she’s not writing or editing articles about the latest dating trends and pop culture phenomenons, she’s usually watching reality TV or playing with her dog, Lucille (Go Fetch That) Ball.