The Untold Truth Of Love It Or List It

Reality show producers develop formulas to keep you watching. There's always a crazy alcoholic on the Bachelor/Bachelorette, a cheating villain in Survivor, and that one person you swear to God will never shed those extra pounds on The Biggest Loser. Love It or List It is no exception to the script.

The show's premise is this: unhappy homeowners work with both a designer and a realtor. The realtor shows them three houses for sale while the designer redecorates their home. At the end of the show, the homeowners decide if they'd like to stay or go.

Now, let's talk about how this script really unfolds. The realtor's first two houses are typically way out of the client's price range, nowhere near the desired neighborhood, or just plain wrong. The third choice is always the "perfect" house, magically discovered by the agent at the eleventh hour. As for the remodeling phase, contractors always stumble into some sort of major complication that pulls on the client's pursestrings. The snag often stems from a ridiculous request from the homeowners, who then get mad at the show's designer for not meeting their demands. When the dust settles, all the nonsense suddenly makes sense and everybody lives happily ever after, at least in TV land.

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