Terrace House: Tokyo 2019-2020

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All good things must come to an end, and so it is that we are now up to date with all episodes of all seasons of Terrace House currently available on Netflix here in Australia. Tokyo 2019-2020 is the most recent season, and Parts 1 to 3 have so far been published. This season is still underway, and some more episodes have been released in Japan, but the current pandemic situation has put production on hold.

As suggested by the title, this season sees us back in Tokyo, and once again following six housemates as they go about their lives. They can leave any time they want, and if they are they are replaced with a new housemate.

To be honest, compared with previous seasons, this one for the most part is pretty boring. The housemates are not that interesting, not much drama happens, and it all seems a little plain. It’s so boring that at one point a member from the Aloha State season turns up and ends up getting a lot of screen time over the course of a few episodes. It’s almost like the producers were desperate to give us something to get attached to. 

The latter part of Part 2 and in Part 3 is where things start to pick up, there are some new housemates that finally inject some energy, and we get some good storylines and relationships forming. When we got to the final available episode it finishes on a bit of a cliffhanger and we wanted more. This one is much more of a mixed bag than previous seasons. 

This has been a very addictive show for us and perfect for passing time in lockdown. Knowing we were reaching the end of the available episodes, at times we’d be like “okay we need to space out the episodes to make them last", but time and again that same night we’d watch four or five episodes in a row. We couldn’t help ourselves. 

As I said, we are now up to date, and hopefully Part 4 comes out soon so we can keep feeding our addiction.