Week two is in the books, Sunday’s reveal is looming, and there’s nothing left to do but sit in the quiet and speculate. Which, conveniently, is exactly what Blockheads online do best. Reddit’s had opinions about the weeknight format all week, and the mastheads have been busy litigating whether this season is actually any good. Here’s the wrap.
“This isn’t an airport”
u/dapper_pom, r/TheBlock
What Blockheads Are Saying
The top thread on r/TheBlock this week wasn’t about a twist or a tradesperson meltdown, it was a Blockhead announcing they’re done with weeknights and switching to Sunday reveals only, on the theory that any real drama gets repeated there anyway. Twenty-seven comments followed, roughly split between “same, have been doing this for years” and people gently pointing out this exact post shows up every season. One commenter cracked that they’d stuck around purely to catch Frankie the kelpie doing her rounds of the site, which is a more honest reason to keep watching than most of us would admit to.
The reply that actually won the thread, though, came from someone who apparently felt the announcement needed a reality check. When the original poster framed their weeknight boycott like a departure gate update, one commenter shut it down in four words: “this isn’t an airport.” Nine upvotes and, frankly, more clarity than most Block discourse manages.
What the Mastheads Ran Today
WHO went straight to Courtney and Sev this week to answer the “has this show lost the plot” question doing the rounds online, after fans complained the multimillion-dollar new builds and manufactured tension feel a long way from the show’s dilapidated-apartment origins. Sev’s response was blunt: people just like to complain, and it happens every season regardless of the format. She also pointed out the show still filters down to ordinary renovations, citing a family member who copied a Block bathroom finish tile for tile.
That piece followed WHO’s own reporting from the day before, which noted the season is being called “boring” and “the worst yet” by a vocal chunk of the audience, even as the ratings tell a different story: The Block is still winning its slot nationally each week, up to 1.08 million viewers in week two from 898,000 in week one, even if it’s tracking behind last year’s premiere numbers. Put the two pieces together and the picture is a fandom that loves to complain loudly while apparently still turning up to watch.
That’s the lot for today. Go outside, touch some grass, and we’ll see you back here for Sunday’s reveal.
