Just days before Valentine’s day, romance was already in the air, or at least, on Netflix. After weeks of anticipation, the finale of Singles Inferno Season 5 finally arrived. Bridging its slow-burn romances, unexpected Paradise dates, and thrilling games to a close, these episodes had students eagerly waiting to find out which couples would make it to the end. From shocking reunion revelations to long-awaited final pairings, students weighed in on the pairs they had rooted for, moments that caught them off guard, and which couples were truly built to last beyond Paradise.
Sophie Liang ’26:
“It’s always been my friends and I’s tradition, since freshman year, we’ve been watching the show, and we always watch it together. Out of all the seasons, we’ve seen all of them together, this one actually was one of the best ones that we’ve seen. Mostly just because I felt like all of the people were really interesting in terms of their personalities, but they were also all very, very different. The dynamics were really, really fun to watch and discuss as well.”
Yumi Lai ’27:
“On TikTok I see a lot of Singles Inferno content pop up, so it is interesting and fun to keep up and see where things go. I know there is a new reunion episode on Netflix now, and when it was released and we saw that Min-gee and Seung-il are not actually a couple and that he ghosted her, that made me feel bad for Mingee and changed my perception of him. But I was really happy to see that Su-been and Hee-sun are still together and seem to be enjoying their relationship. I think that is really cute because they were the couple I was rooting for the most.”
Angela Zhao ’26:
“I had a lot of changes in my impressions of their characters. For example, I think everyone initially had a joint impression that Mina-sue was not the best person out there. But as the episodes went on, you could see her maturity and how she realized she was getting a villain arc edit, and she started becoming nicer. On the contrary, my friend and I were big fans of Hyeon-woo. When he went to Paradise, our impression of him drastically changed after five minutes of watching his date with Go-eun. It made us realize how much our perceptions can change based on the limited amount of screen time we see and how that shapes how we view them as people.”
Annabelle Zhang ’29:
“Personally, I had my opinions on the ending. I liked most of the couples, I thought they were cute. I didn’t support Mina Sue ending with Sunghun though. I didn’t like Sunghun because it felt like he was just picking her because he didn’t want to leave alone. My perception of Heesun also changed a lot. At first I didn’t understand when she said she felt too timid to go after Subeen, but after seeing her more and after she went to paradise with Subeen, I realized that I liked them. I think it’s dating shows in general that are very popular. But I feel like this one especially has a lot of twists, and the way it is set gives people an incentive to get together with someone else.”
Angelina Le ’28:
“Season five is more exciting than the others because these episodes were filled with more drama and more activities, like the bowling dates with two couples who had lingering feelings, so it brought more tension. [The season] felt like a roller coaster, especially because of compelling characters like Mina-sue, who made the storyline intriguing through her active exploration. Overall, I think the episodes kept us on our toes. I also liked Jae-jin. I thought his inputs were random, and his funny personality made it amusing to watch. Even though I liked all the couples who ended up together, I really wish I-geon and Go-eun would have left together, because I felt like their conversations went deeper beyond the more superficial conversations many other couples had.”
