Love is Blind season 9 premiered on Netflix on October 1, 2025, with the first nine episodes already streaming, and it has viewers—and even longtime fans—calling this batch “the scariest” the franchise has ever felt.

PEOPLE’s Stephanie Sengwe framed it bluntly at the top of a feature published on October 11, 2025, at 7:30 a.m. EDT: “Six couples. A million red flags.” The piece goes on to say, “Love Is Blind season 9 is the scariest show on Netflix right now.”

Beyond the shock factor, season 9 is also clarifying two production-side questions fans ask every cycle: who pays for the engagement rings, and what exactly changed about those dramatic “reveal” moments when couples meet face-to-face? The answers this week came from series creator Chris Coelen on ring policy and from hosts Nick La

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