Love Is Blind season nine ends without weddings and a Denver reunion

Netflix's Love Is Blind season nine ended without a single wedding, a first for the series, and will bring together its Denver-based cast for a reunion special on Wednesday, October 29 at 9 p.m. Eastern Time to account for what happened. The season followed multiple pod-to-engagement storylines but concluded with every couple declining to exchange vows, either before or at the altar.

Six Denver-area couples formed in the pods and became engaged on the show. Several relationships ended before the scheduled ceremonies: Joe Ferrucci and Madison Maidenberg, Nick Amato and Annie Lancaster, and Patrick Suzuki and Kacie McIntosh all called off their engagements in the weeks leading up to their weddings. Jordan Keltner and Sparkle Megan Walerius also broke up before the finale. Two men, Anton Yarosh and Edmond Harvey, reached the altar intending to marry their partners, Ali Lima and Kalybriah Haskin, but both women declined to proceed at the last moment.

Executive producer Chris Coelen said he was surprised that no pair married but framed the outcome as consistent with the series' stated goals. He described Love Is Blind as an experiment designed to test whether people can fall in love...