Too Hot to Handle: How Seinfeld and Dick Pics Inspired Netflix’s Wildest Dating Show Yet

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Too Hot to Handle: How Seinfeld and Dick Pics Inspired Netflix’s Wildest Dating Show Yet
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The brutality of dating app culture is partly responsible for Netflix's latest bonkers reality experiment: “I was like, 'Surely love doesn’t have to start with a dick pic.'”

episode “The Contest,” George, Elaine, Jerry, and Kramer make a bet to see who can last the longest without masturbating. They wager a cash prize and set out confidently enough—but, as the hours pass, the competitors start to wilt, triggered by all the sexual opportunities that suddenly surround them. It’s a hilarious, absurd half hour of television, often considered one of the best episodes in the sitcom’s history.

Still, how did the producers make sure the contestants weren’t, you know, secretly self-gratifying, or breaking the rules in other ways? “That was the thing that kept us awake at night,” Peet said. “How are we gonna really be sure they’re not gratifying themselves?” doesn’t share a production team with the popular ITV series. “I think all reality shows in villas will inevitably look a little bit like a show that’s shot in a villa,” Peet said.” Gibson added. “That all-seeing eye…Lana is the new way of communicating with reality-show contestants.”Love Is Blind.

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