Catfish: The TV Show - Season 2 review

On June 25th, Catfish Season 2 has returned. Catfish season 1 was a great success and grabbed a lot of viewers attention as well as celebrities. Catfish season 2 came to MTV with 16 episodes (4 more than the previous season) of crazy and unbelievable stories of online hoax. 

Catfish season 2 kicked off with Cassie's unbelievable story of online relationship hoax which was a little hard to believed that it was not stage. But as ridiculous as the first episode seemed, the season carried on following more stories that seem too good to be true. Season two was no different than season one in terms of the show's development. Same old routine; reading email, video chat, official meet-up, amateur investigation, discussion and then the big moment: the meet up. As much as the the show's build up suspense is what intrigue and attract the views attention, it just seemed a little boring. 

Catfish season 2 featured a lot of stories that will turn out to be big surprises, however for the first time in catfish history, there was a happy ending. In episode 4, 'Lauren & Derek', for once the guy on the other side of the computer was as real as Lauren believed him to be. After that episode was aired, MTV made a catfish special to celebrate the couple. 

As a huge Catfish fan, I really enjoyed watching Catfish Season 2. However, they really need to step up on the shows development because it is getting dull and stale. Also, in the episodes, it has been established that Catfish is no longer a no-name TV show, most of the catfish are actually aware of the existence of this show which makes it a little unrealistic that these catfish would be willing to be on the show when knowing how it will end for them. My suggestion is that they should do a season outside of America to avoid this problem. 

If you have never seen Catfish, I strongly recommend you to check it out. It is not simply a reality TV for pure entertainment. There are a lot of lessons and skills that you could learn from it to protect yourself when dealing with strangers on the internet. If you know someone who are going to through an online relationship, I would suggest you to tell them about this TV show. Overall, I give catfish season 2 a 7/10. It was just as entertaining as I expected it to be but I do feel like it could use some changes instead of sticking with the same old catfish routine.