Milf Manor is a Reality TV dating show airing on TLC.
At a villa in La Paz, Mexico, eight older women ranging in age from 44 to 59 will compete for a group of eight younger men. However, this dating pool consists of their own adult sons. Drama ensues.
Examples:
- Bad Date: Harrison chooses to go on a date with Stefany after winning the dancing competition, but spends much of the evening talking about how he prefers the other women over Stefany. She's not impressed, wondering why he even picked her.
- Crazy Jealous Guy: Ryan is presented in this manner, getting very angry that Stefany hangs around with Gabriel in addition to him. He may have a point that Stefany herself is sending both of them mixed signals, but he just comes across as a controlling jerkass in the process.
- Everyone Has Standards: The "wall of secrets" challenge mostly range from kind-of embarassing (kissing another guy while drunk) to being a bit of a jerk (having sex with a few girls and then ignoring them). However, everyone thinks that Soyoung's secret (having sex with one of her son's friends) crosses a line and they feel very bad for Jimmy.
- First-Episode Twist: The contestants are the MILFs' sons.
- Incest Subtext: The show is centered putting around the mothers and their sons in scenarios where they have to be open about their sexual lives with one another and they're made to participate in uncomfortably intimate challenges such as feeling each other up or identifying each other's underwear.
- Just Friends: Joey chooses April Jayne in the season finale, but April tells him she would prefer they be friends outside the manor.
- Language Barrier: Kelly gets into a heated argument with Pola and Stefany about their use of Spanish to gossip about her behind her back. Ironically, the show is filmed in Mexico, but it's a fair point nonetheless, since English is the first and only language for most of the contestants.
- Latin Lover: There are several Hispanic contestants, but Jose plays this up the most, wooing the women with his accent and generic Nice Guy routine. His mother Pola is popular with the younger men as well, as they both got picked as the most popular mother-son duo in episode 4. Even Pola's daughter Emma immediately catches Joey's fancy.
- Love Father, Love Son: Once the family members get involved to meet their Parent with New Paramour, Pola's daughter Emma and Kelle's daughter McKenna start flirting with Joey and Jose, respectively. Although in McKenna's case, it's clearly a Secret Test of Character that Jose doesn't fall for.
- Mama Bear:
- Pola is a bit protective of Jose and insists that Kelly (aka "Disco Mommy") is "not his type". Ironically, Jose and Kelly are the first ones to hook up.
- Shannon gets into an argument with Stefany, accusing her of playing games with her son Ryan and not being clear about her relationship with Gabriel.
- Mrs. Robinson: The whole point of the show is to pair up older women with younger men. The gimmick about them being the other women's sons is pure Rule of Drama.
- Screw This, I'm Outta Here: In episode 7, Harrison chooses to leave the mansion prematurely after failing to pair up with any of the older women, admitting that he's simply not attracted to any of them.
- Too Much Information: Billy tells Kelly indirectly that he has a big dick. Kelly then walks over to Billy's mother Stefany to ask her if this is true. Stefany immediately retreats into her hoodie.
- Viewers Are Goldfish: During the Bad Date between Stefany and Harrison in episode 3, twice Harrison negatively compares his date to the other women on the show in the span of about 10 seconds. In both instances, the show uses the same Reaction Shot of Stefany downing a drink. While reality shows are generally known for their Manipulative Editing, this is a bit on the nose even for that genre.
- We Hardly Knew Ye: April W. and Ricky are sent packing after several episodes of barely interacting with the rest of the cast and being voted the most unpopular duo. They are replaced by a different duo, Lisa and Ryan S.
- You Can Leave Your Hat On: Harrison is a former male stripper. No surprise that he wins the dancing challenge, taking his shirt off while doing so.
