If you think I felt bad after declaring my full hatred for Steven last week, please know that I was absolutely sure about my choice after watching him hitchhike with Alina. This man is hitchhiking in a country where he barely knows the language and has never lived! Heâs telling his fiancĂŠ to jump out of a moving car if he âgets a feelingâ things are bad! Every instinct I had about this kid was correct. And yes, he may be old enough to get married and move to another country, but he is a child in his thinking. He didnât realize getting married abroad would require paperwork? He isnât ready to marry Alina but asks her to leave her family and home? Itâs more fun to hate Steven since he and Alina have fewer stakes. Unlike this seasonâs big villain, Ari, they donât have a kid on the line.
To Alinaâs credit, she is appropriately suspicious of Steven, and I donât think these two will get married. At least, I believe she has too much sense to marry someone who would make her hitchhike! I do think Steven will end up cheating, or sheâll be upset he lied about being a virgin, but either way, sheâll feel great when this is over. Hopefully Alina doesnât end up stuck with someone making promises he canât keep for almost nine years like Sumit and Jenny. This week, Jenny is upset that Sumitâs family isnât treating her like family. Of course, theyâve told her the circumstances for her to come to events multiple times (sheâs invited as a friend, not Sumitâs fiancĂŠe), and Sumit has backed down from his threat to his parents that heâll stop coming if Jenny canât come every time.
I donât really understand why Jenny would want to spend time with Sumitâs family when itâs so clear they hate her. They just openly dislike that woman. It feels like sheâs so afraid of being alone she canât even let Sumit go to a baby shower by himself. It is sad that Jenny doesnât have anyone else in the country, but thereâs really nothing she can do about Sumitâs family at this point. There have been too many lies on both sides to fix the relationship. Jenny keeps saying sheâll give up on Sumit, but I think itâll be his family that finally convinces her to move back to America. Sumit admitting to them that heâs engaged to Jenny will probably make them dislike her even more.
Family is a key component to the dynamic of international romance, and Kenny and Armando proved that this week. Kennyâs daughter coming to visit in the last episode helped the two families blend a bit more. If this is what helps Armando finally feel comfortable telling his parents about the wedding, I love it. When Armandoâs mom says she accepts her son and isnât crying because heâs gay, I was also sobbing. Especially when Armando breaks it down: his parents might support and love him, but they arenât happy for him. His father wonât even confirm his attendance at the wedding right after saying he loves Armando no matter what. Armando has taken leaps out of the closet since last season, but itâs easy to see why it took so long when his family reacted this way. Kenny has been more understanding of their cultural differences this season (look at him still trying with that Spanish!), but I donât think he knows what this wedding means to Armando.
I was a bit harsh on Victor last week. Seeing his family interact with Ellie after the hurricane makes their relationship feel more stable. Ellie is really understanding of the trauma and difficulties theyâre facing. Of course, Victor feels how much she loves him. Still, Ellieâs friend will eventually keep her focused: After this hurricane stuff, what about the cheating stuff? At some point, all those issues will circle back around after this honeymoon period. Of course, the trauma of what Victor has just experienced could be a bigger issue than Ellie thinking heâs constantly cheating.
Evelinâs family hates Corey now, which almost makes it a waste of time putting her parents through this mess. Thereâs no world where these two stay together! It seems most likely theyâll be divorced by the end of the season after going through this whole reveal. Evelin is messy, but Corey doesnât have any sort of spine, and itâs a frustrating mix. Maybe Evelin thinks telling her family all of this will guilt Corey into paying for a more expensive wedding before they break up again? Nothing in their relationship makes sense, but the disgust on Evelinâs motherâs face when she looks at their iPad marriage is great. It also doesnât help that Corey is still lying to Evelin and has to be forced into telling her the truth. These two just need to call it quits.
90 Day Notes
⢠Steven really said, âYouâre down to marry me?â Donât marry anyone who says that. I was also grossed out by his whole âYou donât want to be cuddlyâ thing.
⢠Kudos to Evelin for just going, âIâm not happy, and thatâs not a lie.â We didnât think you were lying, girl! You are not happy! We know.
⢠Ari is a demon; of course she didnât like that Holy Water.