MILF Manor

Don't misunderstand. Qualitatively it is terrible show. A 3. But it is so over the top, its fun to laugh at it. So 5 whole stars!

To understand, let me start by asking "What if someone intentionally made a TV show so bad, they were sure no one in their right mind would watch it, Then everyone does?" Get your minds out of the rock bottom bedrock folks. This is filmed in Mexico and shown on TLC, so no real Oedipal or Jocasta situations are ever going to be shown or make the light of day if such a thing does happen. Still, after the first episode I checked the social media and at least some really are mothers and sons. EEP!

OK then. Normally I don't watch "reality shows" as they are mostly staged interactions and no real risks. This show starts boring enough: Older women are looking for a "connection" with young men, the "reality show" term for short term sex or less likely, a relationship. So far, meh. Who cares?

Then the TWIST: The pool of young men they must select from are the a son of each of the MILFs.

The humor comes from all the ensuing cringe: * Mom's trying to entice the other young men, in front of their sons, while warning their own sons of the women they don't approve of or worse suggest might be an OK pick. LOL * Young 20 something males of varying (im)maturity, trying to saound mature, use pick up lines and strategies that may work on women their own age, but these older women? Worse, the sons sleep with the moms in different beds of the same bedroom. So trying to "connect" with their woman of choice presents "challenges". Hilarity ensues. Finally, sons trying to prevent their own mom's from "connecting" with other "men" that they don't approve of.

* There are "reality" contests where moms and sons win by knowing each other's "secrets" or weird contests where the least successful person causes themselves AND their familial relation to be expelled from the running, thus encouraging both moms and sons to be "players" LOL.

The latest reality TV trend has reached an unprecedented low, as mothers aged between 40 and 60 are being encouraged to engage in intimate acts with their sons of similar age. This begs the question, what's next? Will we see fathers involved with their teenage daughters? The divisive state of our current politics and society can be seen in the immorality of reality TV. It's concerning that this type of taboo content is being produced, and it's hoped that the general public will boycott it to prevent the normalization of such morally repugnant behavior. Those responsible for creating this disgusting trash on TLC should be held accountable and removed from their positions. The constant repetition of putting individuals in an artificial, glamorous setting to watch them commit sins is becoming tiresome.

So, just saw a few minutes, nothing exceptional; however I am curious about how a reverse version of the show would play... Most likely, no network would even touch this given the status quo, or there would be a general outcry about "dirty old men taking advantage of young women"; particularly fun is the scene were the Milfs are getting ready to meet the younglings and they are all cheering and wooing, I can only imagine a bunch of dudes on their 50s going oooh let's go check this babes out! It almost feels like trafficking.

Sure, maybe there are shows out there where older men date younger women, but this definitely goes beyond "Two and a half men" type sitcoms... Take a look imagining the sexes are reversed, crazy :)

Reality tv has finally hit the lowest low - mothers between 40 and 60 encouraged to get intimate with kids the age of their sons.

Whats next? Dad's shacked up with their teen daughters?

All those who scratch their heads at how divisive our current politics and society is right now need only to glimpse at what immorality/reality tv is getting away with. The hope is so few people will watch this that the galling lack of morals won't sink in to the general public and that whoever at TLC came up with this disgusting taboo trash is fired.

This endless trend of putting people in a fake luxury backdrop and watching them commit sin is getting old.

I thought this might be a cute, funny show about cougars and since there isn't much to watch right now, why not?

But then came the "plot twist" if you can call it that😬. Yuck and weird are the words that come to mind. I'm all for shock art, but not like this. Without the ridiculous twist, it might have been a funny show.

What I don't understand is why did they not do any research about this ahead of time? Maybe poll their target audience to see if this idea was okay? Did anyone actually speak up on the production team or any where and say "This ain't it"? If so, I guess now is their time to say "I told you so".