Listen, if you read this column you know that we discuss (I like to think of this as a discussion and not a diatribe) what happens in TV shows. You might refer to some of the things we talk about as "spoilers." Consequently, don't read any more if you don't want to know what happened last night on Baby Borrowers, because we're talking about the ending of that show today.
At very end of last night's episode a little postscript informed us that all the couples had broken up following the last episode. Oh sure, they didn't say it like that, they gave each individual couple's update and it was worked into that update that the couple had broken up.
What are we to take from that? What is the message, if any, that the viewer is left with at the end of the season? Did the experience of living with their boyfriend/girlfriend cause the break-up? Was it the attempting to parent? Was it just the fact that none of these couples were really never the strongest anyway?
I'm not afraid to tell you that I absolutely lean towards the couples not being the strongest ones in existence prior to the "experiment" beginning. We instantly know that to be the case with Morgan and Daton. We were told in the couple's introduction that they'd been having problems, that they were ready to break-up until they realized that they could go on TV if they were a couple. What was the point of having a couple ready to end their relationship on the show anyway? What sort of last gasp ridiculousness is that?
Further, I have to assume that if the show is going to tell us that one couple is incredibly weak, it's not so wrong to assume that the rest of the couples aren't terribly strong. I think the show was trying to pull a fast one, telling us that one couple was weak and saying nothing about the others, thereby implying that they were strong.
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Article comments
1 - Margo
As a life skills (formerly known as health) teacher in a high school, I would say that in response to your last comment, about whether we need a t.v. show to tell us that babies should not have babies, the answer is yes. It is one of many methods we can use to bring home to our kids that sex is powerful, it can bring good things and very disastrous things, including babies they aren't ready for. It seems that this show really bothered you, as I have read many of your reviews. I guess I found it a refreshing response to all the butt bumping, boob shaking, sleep with everyone stuff that is pushed on these kids everyday...just my thoughts
2 - Cari
Just my comments on this show...I watched (and recorded) it on NBC. The end statements on this channel showed that all of the couples broke up in the end. I just caught the last 5 minutes of the same episode on WE TV, and it said that some of the couples stayed together. I find it interesting that after being aired only days apart, that the ending on one channel was different from the other.
3 - Beth
I also watched the show a second time and it said that the only couples to break up were Sasha and Jordan, and Kelsey and Sean. The other couples remained together, and Daton and Morgan worked it out once Morgan got home. I'm not sure what the true story is, I'm so confused!