Catfish
Summary
The following contains mentions of murder , suicide , bullying , violence , and sexual misconduct .
The serial ' premiss alone imply it ’s built for drama , but the wildestCatfishepisodes contain some twist that stand head and shoulders above the eternal rest . Nev Schulman had no idea that his 2010 independent documentaryCatfishwould become a critical and commercial success , coining a term for something rarely talked about but was increasing within the general population thanks to the internet . stranger play a trick on unwitting victims on the internet into emotional relationship was becoming a more common phenomenon as technology progressed . Schulman was the first to bring the problem out into the clear .
Schulman ’s documentary was so successful that MTV arrange a goggle box serial publication with him answering requests from those search to come up the reliable personal identity of their online lovers . Catfishis one of the highest - ratedreality appearance on MTV.Each installment sees Nev and his partner , who changed in sequential seasons , take on one relationship at a time as they do deep dives to reveal a siluriform fish ’s identity operator . While these installments do occasionally reveal a truthful individual , the most shockingCatfishepisodes uncovered some truly cussed folk , wild schemes , and a fair few outright crimes .
From dating shows like Parental Control to launching music calling in take in the Band , audiences have long forget about these MTV world shows .
28"Jen & Skylar"
Season 2, Episode 6
This episode does n’t see the parties involved fighting in the street , and it does n’t see someone being catfished by the same person multiple metre , which does chance in the show . The violent vista of Jen being catfished by Skylar is in his explanation for the catfishing .
18 - class - old Jen is shy and has been strong-arm in the past , so she finds it easier to tie with people online . She meets Skylar , supposedly a few age sometime than her , on a gaming internet site , and they hit it off . Over the course of the show ’s investigation , however , it turn out that Skylar is really a man named Bryan who has been “ touch base ” with multiple young women online . In his own words , he was “ brushing up on his plot ” in the experience and did n’t have tactual sensation for any of the untried woman he was catfishing .
Jen , for her part , takes everything in stride and is able to face him about how the intact position hold her feel . It ’s not her that gets in his face and reproof him , but rather , the hosts of the show . They even tell him to never adjoin Jen again , something that they rarely do on the show , let the mass that agree to participate in the program to make their own fault . It ’s clear that they connected with Jen and wanted things to work out for her .
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27"Open Investigation"
Season 6, Episode 12
This intriguing episode actually involves someone catfishing two different celebrities , something that does n’t bechance often in the show . The host have to track down Shelley Chartier . She do to catfish both model Paris Roxanne and NBA player Chris Andersen . Interestingly enough , she only claims that she ’s been trying to play as an intermediary between the two to get them together .
That . however , is only the tip of the berg in the instalment . It ’s also let out that Chartier has really catfished numerous hoi polloi under a different alias . Her previous efforts have actually led to her being charged with impersonation , extortion , and fraud . She even expend a class in prison before she appeared on the show and explained that her life of crime was done . Every bit of info reveal about Chartier made the sequence a truly wild drive .
26"Tiana & James"
Season 4, Episode 12
Tiana requests to be onCatfishbecause she wants to recognise if James is the tangible deal . The two have a great connection , and as she ’s get to know him , her friend Aisha has been supportive . Aisha participates in the show alongside her to support her Quaker in casing thing go sideways . Neither of them were prepared for just how crabwise thing could go for them .
This is one of the fewCatfishepisodes to have a misdirect in the middle of it . The horde in reality remember they ’ve found an erstwhile human beings who has been catfishing Tiana at one distributor point , but they are n’t incorrect . Their search finally chair them to a automobile mechanic ’s shop that just happen to be where the father of Aisha ’s child run .
As it release out James is the father of her small fry , and she and Tiana are all traumatise by that event . Aisha and Tiana ’s friendly relationship crumbled on camera as a resolution .
25"Motherwolff & David"
Season 8, Episode 74
The kinship between Motherwolff and David is an interesting one byCatfishstandards . That ’s because many of the hoi polloi who come near the show to participate have only been sing to their online partner for a year or two . These two had been talking to one another online and over the sound , off and on , for 20 years . They had never met in mortal though , and Motherwolff settle to askCatfishfor help .
When the show finally tracks David down , however , everyone is surprised by what they encounter . David is genuine , in a manner of speaking . David is a persona put on by Denise , and they are more than uncoerced to continue their family relationship with Motherwolff after satisfy in person- in a wig and affecting a higher pitch voice to maintain the David persona . During the coming together , however , Denise also admits to perform with multiple persona and does n’t want to reveal her lawful personality on the show .
The follow - up did have a positive outcome . Despite the audience finding the reveal a short strange , David and Motherwolff wield their relationship after the upshot of the show . The show never reveals the intricacy of the multiple personas , but maintains David / Denise ’s privacy in that respect .
24"Mike & Caroline"
Season 2, Episode 15
When Mike reaches out toCatfishbecause he has been having problem getting his online lady friend Caroline to meet him in person , he does n’t realize that he ’s already fulfill her before . Caroline maintains that she has knockout societal anxiousness , so every clip they ’ve tried to contact up , she plunk for out . That does n’t stop her from coming by his oeuvre or result notes on his elevator car though , which the hosts find to be singular .
What they bring out is that “ Caroline ” has been using photos of another womanhood name Caroline who lives in North Carolina , not Florida , where Mike is . The false Caroline is actually a woman named Heather who has met Mike before - when she unintentionally catfished him as a charwoman refer Claire .
Heather initially create a dating profile online to catfish a friend ’s husband because her friend suspected her married man of cheat . That was Claire , who Mike had approached in the past . When he discover the truth , however , he let her know how much she had hurt him by lie to him , and his anger upset her so much she intentionally catfished him again under another name .
This narrative does have a felicitous ending though . When the show did a follow - up with Mike over a yr by and by , he had actually met someone novel and got married . His married woman had seen his story on the show and reached out to him . It ’s nice to see someone featured on the show get a glad ending .
23"Kya & Alyx"
Season 1, Episode 6
In the first time of year , one of the bestCatfishepisodes was the sixth outing , " Kya and Alyx . " In this instalment , the show essay that they were n’t just about proving people are n’t really who they seem when meet online and ruin human relationship . This was one of the wildest other episode because it turned thing on its head andshowed that sometimes online love connections are real . This episode started latterly in the story , as Kya had already admit to Alyx that she used a imitation identity to catfish him , and she want to run across so they could meet each other for real .
Alyx accept that they are transgendered , which did n’t bother Kya at all .
However , this is when the catfisher became concerned that Alyx might have also been catfishing her . She went to Nev and get wind that she was right . Alyx is named Dani and was n’t using a literal identity either . With that articulate , they met and Kya was well-chosen anyway . Alyx admitted that they are transgender , which did n’t devil Kya at all . It all ended happily — until after the show when they broke up because they lived too far apart .
22"Antoinette & Albert"
Season 3, Episode 3
TheCatfishseason 3 instalment " Antoinette & Albert " is one that does n’t bear up as well today as it did when it was first released . This is becauseNev take the time to basically insult Antoinette for how she dresses , tells her dad that she brings these things on herself by her garb , and recount her that she does n’t have to plume so scantily if she wants to detect a serious man . It is a awful moral and Nev way overstepped his boundary here , making this a wildCatfishepisode without even talking about the catfisher himself .
She was n’t being catfished and T - Lights really was who she was talking to online .
That was a man do it as " Albert " and Antoinette was so happy to be hooking up with him online because he was a Florida - based rapper known as T - Lights . This really made this an episode that bucked the movement in that aspect because she was n’t being catfished and T - Lights really was who she was talking to online all this time . However , even after a date , they did n’t really shape up much more because Antoinette did n’t want to leave her house in Texas and take the chance .
21"Dejay, Malik & Josiah"
Season 5, Episode 13
The season 5 sequence ofCatfishfocusing on Dejay , Malik , and Josiah was very different . This was the first honey triangle to look on the reality TV series . The first person to show up is Dejay , who is in love with Josiah . They met online seven years before , but they had never met in person or even video confab . This prove all the red flags thatCatfishfans know so well . However , this installment goes off the rail because there is a third person , who is named Malik , who is also in erotic love with Josiah — and it ’s the same catfish for both guys .
This is knotty because Josiah is who helped both men hail out to their house .
Nev and Max meet Dejay and get all his point . Then , they go and fulfil Malik , and they realize the two guys are talking to the same person . When the connexion is made , Josiah refuses to talk to either and block up them on Facebook . This is tough because Josiah is the one who helped both men come out to their families . The vainglorious twist is that Josiah is who he state he is and was n’t using bastard pic . However , he has a son and a boyfriend of two year and wo n’t leave him for either Dejay or Malk .
20"Danny & Rosa"
Season 6, Episode 3
What take the " Danny and Rosa " episode digest out from otherCatfishepisodes is that it feature a religious - case incident — a first for the reality TV series . In this instalment , Danny met Rosa on Facebook in 2014 and fell in love with her as before long as he saw her photos . It took almost a year , but she eventually responded to him and the online love affair start . However , Nev learned that Rosa was actually a guy name Jose . He did this to humiliate and injure a cleaning woman name Natalie ( the woman in the photograph ) because she bullied him in school .
The scandalous end came when Danny agreed to talk to Jose and began to counsel him before asking him if he could pray for him . What is most dry about this episode is that the catfisher , Jose , was catfished himself by and by in the same season . In that sheath , it was a fresh suitor named Jay , and , ironically , it turned out his catfisher was also named Jose . In a bit of sarcasm , Jose was overwrought that the individual he was settle for was catfishing him , despite him doing the same thing to someone sooner in the time of year .
19"Paul & Caitea"
Season 8, Episode 32
Not only is " Paul & Caitea " one of the bestCatfishepisodes , but it is also one of the most distressing . The episode commence with Paul ’s fiancé , Samantha , being the one to call the show and see if they can aid her . She thinks that Paul has n’t gotten over his " first erotic love , " which was a woman he met online yr before while he was still a teenager . However , it turn out that his " first love " was n’t who they claimed to be , and he was the dupe of an online date cozenage . This was only the first level though , and the Sojourner Truth was much more disturbing .
Paul was a teenager at the time , but the age of consent in Michigan is 16 .
The naked photos sent to Paul by " Caitea " were of a younger girlfriend named Katy . The somebody catfishing Paul and sending the photos was Katy ’s mother Martha , who did it without her knowledge or permission . Paul was a teenager at the fourth dimension , but the geezerhood of consent in Michigan is 16 , so it turn out that Martha did n’t place any literal crime , although it was still one of the most disturbing moments of the series . Katy also revealed that Martha catfished more teenaged boy and Paul was just one of her victim .
