EPISODE
SEASON
Catfish The Show - Season 1
The romantic drama follows a relationship between a couple triggered by online communication.
21 February 1982, Berkeley, California, USA
4 August 1977, Waterbury, Connecticut, USA
18 September 1964, San Rafael, California, USA
3 February 1994, Los Angeles, California, USA
22 March 1989, Jackson, Michigan, USA
7 July 1998, Houston, Texas, USA
May 15, 2020
When Schulman gets everyone to make nice and agree that they've shared some kind of growing experience, that the smell of bullshit becomes bad enough to make your TV buckle.
May 15, 2020
I truly think the show is genius. You never know what to expect. Literally, each person he works with has a totally different story than the next person.
May 15, 2020
A document of cruel self-delusions, an index of unusual realities, virtually a postscript to the body of Western literature about romantic love, and an extraordinarily fine opportunity to exult in the suffering of your fellow human beings.
May 15, 2020
The veracity of this series is, in the end, less important than what it says about a culture in which people blithely create online worlds on a collision course with the truth.
May 15, 2020
Despite the occasional artificial reality flourish, "Catfish: The TV Show" is a timely, engaging, and often poignant addition to MTV's lineup.
May 15, 2020
In addition, the producers do a shrewd job of not just building toward the reveal, but then following its aftermath, with the emotions of the previously unseen party brought into the equation.
May 15, 2020
Schulman seems desperate to extract meaning from the situation, but this isn't "Undercover Boss."
May 15, 2020
That's not to say that there aren't interesting people and genuine emotion on screen, just that they're presented in predictable and stereotyped ways.
May 15, 2020
"Catfish" has value as a cautionary tale, and documentation of one way the Internet has affected lives. That makes it sociology, not entertainment.
May 15, 2020
It's impossible to watch these emotional confrontations and not feel for the one who's been duped, but the instigators' honesty about their motivations is a telling glimpse into the prevalence of this issue.
