The Perfect Match

Seven women arrive at a tropical island for the chance to marry a man they have never met. A billionaire, the producers say. A romantic. Generous beyond reason.

The host is a different animal. The smile of a man who would wax his Porsche with a woman's tears and post the tutorial on YouTube. His name is Colac. He runs them through challenges built to humiliate. A quiz calibrated to their personal histories. A motherhood trial with mechanical dolls. A finishing school with a woman who was born before television. Every week another contestant gets sent home, and every week the remaining ones tell themselves it is worth it. For what is waiting at the end.

Somewhere on the island, a man watches. He has told himself this is a love story. He has told himself many things.