Arranged (2015– ) User Reviews

Good concept, but....

[lailybell · 5/10 · 5 March 2022]

Its a great concept! The first half of season 1 feels real - documentary style. Then the second half of season 1 (The Millers especially!) appear to be manufactured story lines and come off as a trashy reality show.

I'll update when I finish Season 2.

Good reality fluff

[theresajswain · 10/10 · 5 March 2023]

At first you get the impression that there are so many narcissists in this show that your head is going to blow up.. but. As you get deeper into the show you start seeing these characters interact with each other and start to change. I think any reality show is going to give you characters that you love to hate at first. That's entertainment. But I found this show very refreshing and sweet in the end. How the couple's had their own dynamics and were able to love each other flaws and all. I liked the range of cultural and situational differences. I'm disappointed there were only 2 seasons. I did want more.

Lose the camera hoe gypsy parents.

[XYandZzzzzz · 3/10 · 16 January 2024]

My gawd! It's not about those two parents. No other parents want to hog the camera. The show is pretty scripted. The Indian woman is totally annoying. All about her and no compromise. Me, me, me. Me, I, I, I, She's impossible and should never get married. She needs no one else but her precious self. The two parents of the gypsies are annoying. What guido camera hogs. They raised a selfish, self aborsed mean son. Probably 3 of them. Did they make some sort of arrangement with the producers to be in almost every shot. I just wanted to tell them to go away. Overall, it's ok. That's it. The kids from SC are so young but I want to sl ap his mother and grandmother in the face for being awful. No kindness in them. Shame on them.

Surprisingly interesting and compelling

[dzhaviland-22916 · 9/10 · 14 January 2024]

Watching this makes you realize just what a melting pot the US is if you've forgotten. It follows 3 couples very young traditional Roma "gypsies", , professional Indian and Southern Baptist Bible Belt. These are of course probably in the top 5 of patriarchal cultures in the US which makes for some great drama.

There's of course the expected misogynistic Baptist MIL saying she doesn't think a woman should be President and the Roma mom explaining how a woman's job is to take care of husband, house and babies. Yet surprisingly, there's the Roma council advising a young husband who's been bullying his wife that he needs to change his ways and get counseling. The main players are all interesting and you really get invested in their lives. I'm just sad this show wasn't picked up by a major network as I think it could have been a hit as it's much better than TLCs 90 day franchise and similar shows.

Most couples do not seem to be truly arranged marriages?

[karaq · 3/10 · 8 July 2022]

Just another scripted "reality" show. Most of these couples do not seem to be in truly arranged marriages? Especially Ragini and Veeral, they are just a modern Indian couple planning an extravagant wedding on TV? You certainly don't get any feelings that they didn't pick each other. They are even writing their vows? Who writes vows about someone they barely know? Josh and "what's her name" are same. Maybe their parents went to the same country club, but you get no vibes that the parents arranged their marriage. She is so spoiled it's extremely hard to watch an adult act like she does. Made it to the third episode before I bailed. That's very unusual for me because I usually stick it out just to see how things end up. Don't waste your time.

A good concept

[tokanac · 2/10 · 28 May 2023]

Documenting arranged marriages is a good concept and gives us a glimpse into other cultures and traditions, as well as their reasoning for such, which I am always interested in.

However...

I couldn't even finish the first episode!

Most of the participants were okay, with one being sensible with money, a Southern Belle coming across a spoiled brat, and another having unreasonable expectations upon his soon-to-be-wife, but one of the adults came across as somewhat of a predator, 'scouting' wives for his son at church, starting at 14, which didn't sit right with me.

In saying all that, though, I realise that reality shows aren't always reality and they aren't always what they appear to be. They can be heavily edited and things taken out of context to form an interesting storyline, so I will cut the show some slack.