If you're used to the usual variations on dating reality TV shows [1], Netflix might have an answer for you. Their new series [2] Love Is Blind [3], created and hosted by Nick and Vanessa Lachey, combines several elements of your typical dating show with a big twist [4]: the contestants don't get to see each other face-to-face until after they've made a decision about their relationship. If the unusual premise has sparked your interest, here's the lowdown on how and when you can tune in.

Netflix is testing out a different kind of release strategy for Love Is Blind [5]. In the past, streaming shows have mostly followed one of two patterns: dropping entire seasons at once (a model which Netflix itself pioneered and has largely favored, with few exceptions), or releasing episodes on a weekly basis to mimic the old-school model of watching TV on "real" networks. For this show, however, the 10 episodes are being split up [6] in three separate, staggered groups, according to People. First, the first five episodes will arrive just before Valentine's Day, on Feb. 13, presumably at midnight PST, like most Netflix shows [7]. Next, four more episodes will be released a week later, on Feb. 20. Finally, the season finale (which is actually a two-hour supersized episode) will arrive on its own on Feb. 20.

The series doesn't just show the potential couples meeting and flirting while unable to see each other — it follows them as they re-enter their real lives and try to make the relationships work, like the after-series Bachelor finales. There's a touch of Married at First Sight in there too: the couples get engaged straight out of their blind "pod" relationships, and their weddings are set for only a few weeks away from their re-entry into the real world. It's all the fast-tracked romance [8] of The Bachelor [9] mixed with the blind-meeting shenanigans [10] of The Circle [11], and it's sure to make a big impression when the first episodes drop on Feb. 13.