The dating show feels like it’s still a work in progress, but there are some great charactersI’m late to the game with Love in the Country. It is a dating show, but it’s not like other dating shows — except the other dating shows that are based on the same, originally British, format, Farmer Wants a Wife. Love in the Country is kind of the opposite of Blind Date. On Blind Date — many, many years ago — you had to choose your date without having seen them. On Love in the Country you get to go to their house and hang out with them for the weekend.