Netflix dropped the first four episodes of season 5 on Friday. In the final episode of the batch, viewers saw Lydia Velez Gonzalez, who Milton had connected with in the pods and later got engaged to sight unseen.
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2. Love Is Blind‘s Milton Johnson needed a moment to process after
learning some big news in the pods.
Netflix dropped the first four episodes of season 5 on Friday. In the
final episode of the batch, viewers saw Lydia Velez Gonzalez, who
Milton had connected with in the pods and later got engaged to sight
unseen, revealing that she previously dated fellow participant, Uche
Okoroha.
Milton was understandably shocked by the revelation and remained
quiet in the pods, which upset Lydia, who wanted more of a vocal
response from him. When Milton couldn‘t provide that, the two
decided to take a moment away from the pods and inside their
respective living quarters, before reuniting to discuss the bombshell.
Though viewers didn‘t get to hear what Milton was thinking in the
moment, he‘s now opening up about what was really going through his
head after learning the news.
―That‘s typically what I do. I put my head down, I revert into my shell
for a second, and then I just think,‖ the 25-year-old petroleum
engineer explains. ―And I‘m like, okay. I‘m very logistical with the way I
plan things out. And I thought about it and then I said, ‗Okay, now
what is my heart telling me?‘‖
―And everything aligned up and I said, ‗Oh, well, this is before me. We
all have a past, we all have exes.‘ It didn‘t bother me,‖ he says. ―It was
3. just like, yeah, okay, no problem. That‘s interesting. Now what are we
doing next?‖
Though Milton wasn‘t too phased by the news, fellow
participant Aaliyah Cosby couldn‘t say the same.
After choosing Uche, 34, as her top connection, and overcoming
several challenges together — including a fight they had after she
owned up to past infidelity in a relationship and he had a explosive
reaction to the news — the two appeared ready for engagement.
4. But right as Uche was entering the pods to propose, it was revealed
that Aaliyah left the experiment early, seemingly due to the history
between Uche and Lydia, who became her closest friend on the show.
In particular, Aaliyah appeared uncomfortable with Lydia‘s
commentary on Uche and the details about the lawyer/entrepreneur‘s
life.
Speaking about her decision to leave, Aaliyah, 29, says she ―considered
a lot of different things‖ before settling on an early exit.
―I was very analytical. When things started kind of shifting, I had to
kind of take my emotion out of it when it came to certain aspects and
5. points along that journey for me,‖ she explains. ―My conversation with
her, my conversation with him, when I had time to myself to just
process, it was tough.‖
―But I ultimately just felt like I had to do what was best for me in the
end,‖ the ICU travel nurse continues. ―Marriage is such a huge step. It‘s
very sacred and it‘s something that I take very seriously and I just
wanted to really enjoy that moment. I was like, ‗If I‘m going to be
engaged once and marry once, because that‘s my goal, I want to be
happy and enjoy it and be at peace and I want my family and
everybody to take to the situation, to my person.‘ All of that. So it‘s just
one of those things where I felt like I had to do what was best for me
and really follow my intuition.‖
6. Fans did not get to see anything beyond Uche learning through
producers that Aaliyah had left the experiment. The episode ended
with him disclosing the information to the rest of the men, simply
telling them, ―She‘s gone.‖
But the upcoming episodes, which drop next Friday, teased more of
Uche and Aaliyah‘s story. The two will have a heated phone
conversation, including a moment where Uche confesses that he
wanted to ―spend the rest of my life‖ with Aaliyah, before they reunite
in person to discuss the state of their relationship.
7. ―We have a lot to talk about,‖ Uche points out to a physically tense
Aaliyah.
As for the other couples in season 5, two more engagements have taken
place so far: Taylor Rue and Jared ―JP‖ Pierce, and Izzy Zapata and
Stacy Snyder.
Episodes 1–4 of Love Is Blind season 5 are currently streaming on
Netflix. The next batch of episodes will drop on Friday, Sept. 29.
