Reviewer points out that if you lose "the demeaning chains," what's left is "a less interesting and less entertaining variation on 'Blind Date.'"

Read a description of how this show about stringing along suitors works, and find episode titles with their original air dates.

Read withering weekly recaps introducing and scrutinizing the "chainees" and "chainettes" who seek to forge bonds through bondage.

John Carman says the show's chaining ceremony, Lockmaster, and beds for five make "Temptation Island" look like "Washington Week in Review."