Stranded With My Mother-in-Law Finale (Ilhados com a Sogra) is here to present the family that won the Brazilian reality show on Netflix. It is hosted by Fernanda Souza and directed by Sarah Rodrigues and Vivian Alano. Last week four episodes were released and on October 16, 2023, episodes 5-8 were made available.
The show is described as a social experiment where six couples will leave their routines in the city and go to a deserted island off the coast of São Paulo. Initially, the pairs believe they will compete against other couples for a prize of R$500,000.
However, the game brings a big surprise – participants discover that sons-in-law and daughters-in-law will be confined with their respective mothers-in-law, forming the true pairs of the experiment. Whichever In-Law duo stays at the top of the games while also mending their strained relationship will eventually win.
The cast of the show includes Rogeria, Taninha, Severina, Socorro, Cristina, Marcia, Rodrigo & Thais Castro, Francine & Rodriguinho Nery, Mayara and Thy Tenorio, Vinicius & Felipe Sassone, Antonio & Ana Donatti and Thiago & Silvia Dunker.
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Stranded With My Mother-in-Law Finale Review
In episode 5, the contestants in the bunker were called upon to meet their families and to also announce who was leading the game with the maximum number of honey combs. Since Francine & Rodriguinho Nery won the last game, Francine was given the chance to take two honeycombs from any of the teams. While her husband and mother expected her to take away from Tenorios, she opted for the Castro family. This created a dispute in the house as the housemates wanted to bid the Tenorios goodbye, as soon as possible.
It ended in a heated argument between Severina & Thy with all the other families, where they brought up the topic of faking their arguments and accusing them of outcasting. Soon after they had a family session with the therapist to work on their internal issues which was an emotional moment for many of them. In episode 6, they had another challenge to choose the accommodation. This time the cast in the bunker played the role of guiding them.
The families were brought in blindfolded and they had to untie the pouches of wooden blocks, hanging from a structure. Guided by their spouse/children’s voice they had to walk up to them & hold a wooden plank to balance the tower made from the blocks. Once the block stood still, the contestant had to put their flag in the hole, at a distance. Sassone family won the challenge, followed by Nerys, Castros, Tenorios and Dunkers. They were allotted the VIP, basic and rustic accommodation accordingly.
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In the evening, they played another game where each family had to guess the right answer to the questions that were asked to the group beforehand. If they guessed it right, they could cut the rope of any family which had a hammer at the other end, hanging over a ceramic doll. Once the complete rope was cut and the hammer was struck on the doll, that family would be eliminated. Silvia & Marcia Dunker won the challenge and Thiago was given the task of breaking three honeycombs of any other family.
He chose to break the Tenorio family’s combs and as they were the first ones to be eliminated from the task by others, it enraged Severina & Thy. They wanted to quit the game & after much consideration, Severina even pushed the SOS button. However, Mayara tried to calm them down and persuaded them to stay in the game. And it turned out to be the right decision as the last match for honeycombs could change the contestant’s fate.
It was previously announced by Fernanda Souza that only 3 families will make it to the finale and an endurance test was organised for that. The contestant’s spouses & their mother-in-law’s had to stand still hugging & holding the rope to a hanging bucket full of water. If MIL touches the rope or the water spills out completely, they would be eliminated.
The Sassone family was the first one to give up at around 17 minutes and Nerys was disqualified for touching the rope. Dunker and Tenorio’s family was the last one to hold on till at least 2 hours but Silvia couldn’t hold it any longer. Thus Tenorios won the challenge with 13 extra honeycombs & a place in the finals. They tied up with the Nerys, who also had 21 combs, making them the second finalists of the show.
To choose the last finalist, the spouses & MILs had to work together in coordination. They had to first complete a word puzzle, then by pulling a metal ball up with a sling & rope, they had to put in 4 balls in the highest hole. Surprisingly, Socorro learnt from her past mistakes & did her best to follow along, making the Sassone family the third finalist.
For Stranded With My Mother-in-Law Finale, the three teams – Sassone, Tenorio & Nery were tasked with a group match. First, they had to fish out glass bottles stuck in a sand pit, with the help of a 3-way rope & a hook in the middle. Once they collected them in a crate, they had to shoot down more bottles with the help of sand pouches. After collecting all the glass bottles, they had to go through the honeycomb stage by fitting in the platform for every single step they took.
After passing the honeycomb, they come across a password-protected trunk which can be opened by solving the riddle in the glass bottles. The trunk contained puzzle pieces that needed to be stacked up in the correct order, making a beautiful picture. Once completed, they needed to put in their flag at the starting position to finish the task.
Even though the Sassone family were quick to pass the hurdles, they were overtaken by the Nerys, who eventually won the task & the show. Taninha with Francine & Rodriguinho Nery won Stranded With My Mother-in-Law. However, there was another twist – the money solely belonged to Taninha and she had the choice to split the R$500,000 and even the amount she would split. Despite having doubts that Francine & Rodriguinho would spend the money for good, she split it evenly by taking R$160,000 herself & giving R$170,000 each to the couple.
Despite the explosive fight and drama among the cast members, the show ended on an emotional note. The finalists were happy to have the chance to come to the show & reflected on how much their relationships have grown in the past few days. The biggest change could be seen in Socorro as a person & her relationship with Felipe. Meanwhile, the Tenorio family definitely played all the wrong cards and became the drama catalyst of the show. In an overview, it’s highly unlikely that the majority of the families became closer, as they focused more on others than working on their internal issues.
Rating: 3.5/5
Stranded With My Mother-in-Law is available for streaming on Netflix.
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