Real Housewives, The Bachelor and America’s Next [fill-in-the-blank] competitions, the chances of watching a truly real reality TV moment have become few and far between. Perhaps it’s a sign of how far we’ve come, or just how far we’ve fallen, but reality feels more formulaic than ever—with each viral fist fight, table flip, and drunken meltdown more reductive than the last. Yet on occasion when an interesting moment does come through, it can refreshingly remind us that people are often more complicated and sexier than how they present themselves through screens.
