Was Catfish (Series 5 Episode 1) Worth It?

Hello Procrastinators!

It's the best time of the year - the Easter time of the year when we get the official notice that the new series of Catfish is starting again. Series 5 looks to be an amazing one, full of somehow even more intense story lines and crazy endings. 

Episode one begins with an apology that Max won't be joining Nev for most of this series, masked by Zac Efron smiling at the camera to distract from the bad news. Because Catfish is all about the hosts and Max and Nev are the perfect combo. One without the other just isn't the same. Last series Max missed out on a few episodes so they got in some celebrity to cover for him and it was okay but the celebrities are only given one episode to try and impress us and just as they're getting into the swing of things and we're starting to like them, the episode ends and someone else is shoved in.

This time around we had Charlamagne who I guess is big in America but his fame wasn't so hard-hitting for us Brit viewers. Definitely no Max. His strange comments about men inherently wanting to bang women were strange but as the episode went on he got more likeable. He was quite funny in parts but he just didn't fit in quite right. His sincere exclamations about how "real" the show was seemed, conversely, really fake. But the girl who they help, Miracle, is actually nice and you hope for the best even though you know it's Catfish so it's probably not going to be. I'm not going to tell you anything other than that, you can watch it and find out for yourself.

In parts we were literally on the edge of our seats, gasping and cursing the adverts for ruining a big moment. Somehow after four series Nev still seems, even if it's acting, to be genuinely excited and intrigued about people and who they've fallen for. It would be easy for him to be cynical, pessimistic and to be bored of the show but he's still as anxious and into the show as we are. 

I can't wait for the rest of the series, the only way it can go from episode one is up! Hurry up back, Max!

Jess x