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Carolyn is one of the BEST casting choices ever, I can't imagine this season without her. Easily my favorite character since Angelina and one of the all time greats.
To be honest she was one of the most annoying characters ever.
@@flymanyoutube8768annoying but fun
The best part of this season truly is the fact that the entire cast seems to truly love and care about each other. Franny Matt Kane and Carson apparently literally have a DND game theyre doing regularly. Like this whole cast is so lovable??
Do they really!?! That is amazing!
And the cast all rented a house together during finale week! Very clever casting.
Kind of good but also kind of bad imo
This was by far the worst aspect of the season.
@@JayToTHEsm00vE Wouldn't go that far. It was refreshing to see people not get so pissed off when being voted out or making strategic moves. And it's always easier to backstab someone you don't like as opposed to someone you do. Maybe it wasn't your cup of tea but I enjoyed it.
I know some people donât like Carolyn as a red herring but I think itâs the best of both worlds. It shows Carolyn as a character while hiding the winner Yam Yam without sandbagging him in the edit, the alternative to this is giving both of them a bad edit.
For sure, it let's the story play out through the tika lens through the latter half of the season with it giving hints from the beginning that they would make it all to the final episode, I liked Carolyn personally and thought she played a very solid game in my opinion a better one then heidi, Hiedi's fire making skills were unmatched though...
Also I don't know how the editors would hide the Tika 3 when they were controlling the game post merge
Yam Yam was never out of the running for Edgic and a lot of people had him as the front runner, he has a pretty normal winners edit.
Iconic underrated moment- Frannie picking the moms for the letter reward, and having others call it out as a game move. Everyone was playing a *conscious* social game, which in turn made Yam Yamâs more natural extrovert nature seem like subtle gameplay. Definitely agree that this is the best season of New Survivorâąïž
By far the best season of the New Era. No hourglass, no KIP, much less bullshit than 41 & 42, and a better cast than 43, with Carolyn & Yam Yam on top of that, this honestly might be a Top-20 season.
Great season but def not bestâŠthat would be second chances or heroes vs villains
@@mitchaucoin neither of those are new survivor.
@@yourlocalramen1660 Did it have a better cast than 43, though? I understand the Tika Three, Danny, Matt and Franny if you're into that, maybe Jaime??? but I don't think most of the cast was super memorable. 43 had the Cody Jesse duo, a memorable underdog in Owen, the Gabler-Elie rivalry, Karla, Geo as a pretty great premerge villain, Noelle, etc. I'll agree that 44 had some standouts, though.
@@EntirelyUnnecessary 44 has much better standouts imo, with me personally saying that the Tika 3 are probs the best casting choices of the whole New Era, outside of maybe Cody, Xander, or Maryanne (or Shan, but she's crazy polarizing, almost like this era's Russell).
Also, I liked pretty much all of Soka, especially Danny and Claire early on, and I as much as I was so annoyed with her and her magic wand, Jaime was good casting and I can't deny it. Overall, I just really liked 44 as a season, and it's probably the only New Era season I'd consider Top-20 worthy.
Serious question: Is this the nicest season of Survivor we've ever had? There have been other seasons where there were a number of good sports, but I don't think there's ever been a season this upbeat and pleasant. Which in this day and age was a welcome surprise.
It certainly may have been, but I have the opposite reaction. I want villains. I want scheming and backstabs. If I wanted to watch a warm therapy hug I'd join a support group.
I agree!
It was too nice. Made it less entertaining and felt kinda fake
@@FacundoCampazzo123 thank you
I think that's the casting survivor did
Didn't expect the first half of Peridiam's season review to be an existential crisis.
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I loved this season. I disliked the fake idols, but the birdcage induced a lot of drama into the story. The Tika Three are some of my all time favorite players alongside Frannie which you don't normally get in a single season.
I just want the Tika three back together on a season, loved them so much. Still not over Carolyn getting no votes though.
I was so upset about that too!
Carolyn deserved that!
She got the Sia award though.
I feel like the Tika three is so iconic we are probably never gonna get it again. Even if they get the three back, they be voted out so quickly.
@@belialarchitect1678 that's very true, i didn't think about that. the sad truth. :(
This Season reminded me of Season 1, whereby the OG Tagi tribe (Richard, Kelley, Susan, Rudy) stayed together as an alliance till the end. For Tika, Yam Yam, Carson and Carolyn sort of vowed to stay till the end.
I honestly loved this season from end to end. I didn't think any episode was boring or any production thing was too involved. And for an alliance to make it nearly all the way to the end fully intact in this "alliances are dead" era was so incredibly pleasing to see. The game continues to be entertaining, and that's what it's meant to be.
production was far to involved to me. Shipwheel island itself this year completely ruined the pre merge for me. Free idols? Inheritance advnatage? Thereâs no way getting around losing your vote?
44 was the most upbeat season and the best cast by far of the new era. There isnât even really a player on the cast I can look at and honestly say I didnât like them. So many fun interactions!
I don't like Jamie or Heidi
43 for me was my favorite. 44 was great though.
Danny was quite annoying.
@@SwieczkaNiweaniewierzeDarek I liked Danny actually. One of the more entertaining muscle heads weâve had in a long while
I LOVED this season. My only grudge is the lack of a live reunion. Why have an aftershow right after the votes where the discussion will be incredibly similar to what weâve already heard throughout the season? I want to hear how these people have grown AFTER the show. And I also want the pre-merge cast. It feels really disappointing that they donât get to be a part of it anymore.
I just appreciate that the power players this season were all so damn lovable. I usually come into the last couple episodes actively rooting against someone instead of for anyone, and I didnât feel like that happened for me this season
Rooted for the Tika 3 as soon as that alliance was formed, made for such a fun season. Yam Yam was almost voted out like five straight episodes mid season it was so stressful haha. Only critique Iâm with you on is everyone having a sob story itâs way too much.
I think everyone has a âsob story â in real life though đ đ
I agree with the 90 minutes. I think the best example of 90 minutes being good is with RuPauls Drag Race. This last season, they cut it down to 60 minutes for half the season. It made this season struggle, because part of what made the show so great was falling in love with the people on screen. That way when they left, you felt so connected to each of them. When it returned to the 90 minutes, the show flourished again as we got learn more of the people, how they interact, and their lives. I think this will be good for the show. We will have more time with the castaways, and love them more.
I personally loved this season. So man fun players. Carolyn is maybe in my top 5 favorite players in all of Survivor.
Getting a final 10,9, and 7 vote seemed unbelievable, yet it happened đ„ł
This was my first season watching in 18 years. My last season I watched was All Stars. After getting back into Survivor earlier this year, I decided to get back into the live shows and Iâm glad I did. I enjoyed this season, I would agree about showmances but Matt and Frannie just seem so genuine and the Tika 3 made me fall in love with them. Carolyn is a queen, Carson is a hottie and Yam Yam is a precious baby angel. I thoroughly enjoyed the season and will be tuning back in to 45.
Ugh. This season has my heart based on the cast. Yam, Carolyn, and Carson were everything. Yam was an excellent social player, a hoot every time he was on screen, and a worthy winner who was hiding in plain sight the whole time, kinda like Maryanne. Carolyn is an actual game changer, as described very well by Frannie multiple times. Carson was a great final boss, and I love how he played off both of the other two as straight man. I love that they were in the drivers seat in addition to being excellent characters. Probably the new most iconic small alliance to make it really far together, surpassing the Foa Foa Four, Aitu 4, and Jalapao 3. Many others in the cast were a delight as well. Frannie & Matt and Danny too. Jamie with her unfailing smile. I liked rooting against Josh as a villain, his boot gave Dom vs Chris vibes. The game twists were forgettable but this cast, man, best of the Inspo era no doubt
This season was amazing, and I think thatâs in large part because of the edit (and also the contestants). The editors did a great job making me feel like each player was actually playing and making moves of their own and not just sitting along for the ride. (Again, that has a lot to do with the players themselves too - really great cast this season.) Basically everyone in the final half of the season I felt like had a solid chance of winning the game. Unlike last season, where I was genuinely surprised that the jury thought Gabler was doing enough in the game to deserve the win. Definitely my favorite season out of the last 4. So many new iconic players!
I think the cast was actually the reason the random idols/fake idols/advantages felt so out of place. This cast wasnât waiting for these things to come to them, and they didnât change their whole strategy based on them. They wanted to play an emotional and social game, and those advantages just didnât play into that. It was a wonderful season because the way they played was so fresh compared to past seasons, and I donât think there was any way production could have planned for it
Ive said for a while now that i would love for survivor to do a "back to basics" season. No twists, no advantages, maybe even no idols. Just leave the cast to their own devices and make them create the stories. As an added twist, how about make all the challenges from the first 5 to 10 seasons of the show?
44 was definitely my favorite of the new era. this cast has a lot of people i wouldn't mind seeing back for a returnee season. i think yam yam is a master survivor player and i'm glad he won but i was rooting for carolyn from the moment i saw her. can't wait for 45 woot woot
I loved this season! I really wanted Caroline to win, but I definitely understand why Jam-Jam did.
I truly love your admission that Fandom sometimes creates negative ecochambers. Of course, we can argue the role of fans in relation to their interests and how valuable their opinions are or aren't, that's all debatable, but in recent years I've become very disillusioned with fandoms for that reason. I'm a creative, I've worked on stuff you've probably seen, I've been in the room when decisions were made and contrary to popular belief we don't talk for 5 minutes and go to lunch. It's a process with 50 layers of mandates, considerations, suits to appease, fans to appease, reaching as wide a demo as possible...it's A LOT and it's super easy to be a fan and critique it all without even thinking about all that mess. And all the negativity piles up and people begin to hold themselves as some true authority over it all, even above the people who made it all happen, little regard for any other voices, and it's just gross.
I guess what I'm trying to say is that there's a fine line between being a fan with opinions and desires and being an insufferable mouthpiece and I'm truly glad you actively avoided becoming the latter. Granted, I don't think you're near that level of rabid Fandom, but it's cool to see you're cognizant of falling into that trap. You rule, man!
Thanks! Appreciate the insight too.
I loved the Matt Yam Yam tribal counsel. It was like watching your favorite characters hopelessly get killed in front of their friends/family game of thrones style
I must say I appreciated watching this season of Survivor and it mostly about the game. Great cast, no complex real world issues being shoved into 5 segments of the show, Yam Yam, just a fun season! The gameplay was....kinda rough for a while, but it was cool seeing Tika pull off every move they wanted.
I have watched every episode of Survivor and Carolyn is my favorite cast member EVER. I feel like everyone could learn a lot from her. She is such a genuine person and she played a great game!
This season had a lot of flaws with the production and twists but the cast and the editing was unbelievably refreshing this season. I loved every single castaway this season, I understood all their stories and they were edited phenomenally.
This has been the best season since DvG imo and I hope Jeff and the team listen when you say "let the people come first". Casting is EVERYTHING.
Really glad I get to watch your survivor content now! Itâs peridiam year round now, not just big brother content đ„
Yo what's up Nick. Welcome to the Survivor content.
@@tape465 thanks man, glad to be here
I remember I was watching the episode where Matt goes with my mom, and during the tribal I turned to her and said âthis feels like a murderâ. If an episode can make me feel like that itâs good episode
i read this as âthe episode matt goes with my momâ like your mom is going somewhere with matt
i still can't believe how long Jaime's "idol" ended up lasting without actually being played. I was very entertained by the cast. It was funny seeing the cast start to anticipate random twist like the final 7 (?) when they brought all their belongings/camp stuff cause they knew they were gonna go to a new beach. Tike 3 4ever!!!
Peri-Diam!! You said you started Live in â09 after GabonâŠâŠ was Russell Hantz x2. Your intro to SURVIVOR!!?? It was mine!! Iâve been obsessed ever since!!
The earn the merge is a bad game mechanic. I think the producers are doing it so that a large majority doesnât take over from the get go. I agree reducing the voting pool is so annoying
I liked this season a lot, i was a tika fan the whole time. It was kind of a fun way to watch the show rooting for one specific alliance the whole way and actually seeing them stick together the whole way without betraying each other was a nice change. Only way it wouldve been better from a storytelling perspective wouldve been all three of them making the top three.
Im now craving a returning player season, i feel like returning seasons are where the real legendary players are formed and im ready for it
I adored the Tika Three. The Three Stooges alliance is definitely going to be one that's remembered. Maybe not quite to the same legendary status as some others. But they were a FORCE. And they played the post merge so perfectly that by the time everyone caught on it was just too late. I think overall this isn't one of my favorite seasons...but I agree it's the best of the new era. Recency bias aside - it was just satisfying. The top 5 all would have been satisfying winners. It felt like we genuinely got to know everyone post-merge and no one was hidden from us. I also loved that this cast tried to break the new beach at 5 twist that's been going. I hope it stays broken. I want the casts to keep proving that the cast is the most important thing.
Is anybody going to mention that if Frannie would have dropped in that immunity challenge because she already had it she could have saved Matt and her closest allies I love how I ask that question 30 seconds before he talks about it
I really really really wanted Carolyn to win (and I genuinely think she should have), but Iâm totally fine Yam Yam winning. Everybody loving him proves how good his social game was⊠but I also think the way Carolyn inspired people deserved more credit.
This is the first season in a while I was sad see end. I really enjoyed watching the people play and their personalities. It was also refreshing to see some true loyalty in the Tika three and once again showing how powerful it can be to stich with a small group.
I thought it was definitely the most entertaining of the new era seasons but the gameplay just hasnât really done it for me in the new era. None of the winners from 41-44 have had a true winners game such as Tony, Parvati or Kim. Itâs the 26 days.
The casts in the new era have been the worst. Yes there are some great finds such as Shan, Cody, Caroline and Yam but Jesse Tanenbaum is really struggling delivering great casts. Itâs such a shame they fired Lynn Spillman.
I think theyâre making a big mistake not adding more days for 45 and 46 but getting more airtime. An extra day per episode means much more time for gameplay and for things to change.
My personal wish is for them to bring back the individual final tribal jury questions. The open forum just takes way too long. I enjoy seeing each player ask one question they have thought about asking. Itâs so personal. Anyway 44 had some good moments and delivered some potential returnee players
This might be an unpopular opinion but itâs time to throw the final 4 fire challah out of the window. No more fire making challenges
I MISS THE AUCTION!!! I also miss the challenge after the merge where they all eliminate eachother somehow by completing a task and then being able to choose to like cut someoneâs rope or smash someoneâs tile etc. it always causes drama
This season is actually one of my favorites and I think it's exclusively because of the Tika 3. I only disliked 1/18 castaways which helps a lot, but the chaos of pre-merge Tika falling apart, Ratu's real and fake idols, and Soka having the Frankenship, followed by the merge drama of the Frankenship falling apart, and then the Tika 3 being the most successful purposeful floaters I've seen in a long time, it all added up to what I saw as a really good season
You hit the nail on the head peridiam. One of the nice parts of the season for me personally was that the further the season got, the less I minded if ANY of the remaining players won. For modern survivor, I really think 44 had a really strong post merge
I had so many people I liked throughout the season, favorites on every tribe. I mean towards the end Tika definitely got more than their share, I love every one of that trio and would've been happy to see any of them win (and legitimately think any of them could've won in different circumstances), but I also was really rooting for Frannie and Matthew at different points. And the suspense towards the end was immense, I don't know if I just couldn't dissect the edit or what but I could see a path to victory for most players like halfway through the merge on and going into that final tribal felt like any one of them could have gotten it (though after I definitely would've voted for Yam Yam too). And when it comes to Yam Yam and Carolyn, while some of it was of course genuine, playing up the strife and bickering between them to make people think their alliance wasn't as strong as it was was honestly genius social play. It added such confusion and made it so much harder for anyone to organize opposition to their steady march towards the end, it was chaos done very right. I've gotta think that's a big part of why they weren't voted against enough in the final 7 or 6, people just did not expect that alliance to hold in the endgame, heck I didn't expect it to hold in the endgame. One of the basic rules of survivor is if you've played a good, close game with someone else, you generally don't take them to the end with you so you can take all the credit for your group (unless you're certain you can beat them a la JT with Stephen, but obviously that's not true for everyone and you only need 1 to flip sometimes). Honestly it was kinda nice to see such a solid group make it so far in the game together, and it fit so well with the incredibly positive vibes of the season. There really weren't any "villains" and everyone seemed to get along really well on a personal level. It definitely gave the season a unique flavor to me that made it stand out in a really positive way. I think some production/structural critiques are fair, but overall I think this was an incredible season with a top tier cast and the advantages and stuff didn't really ruin or sour it for me in any significant way (though I do wish Heidi had used the steal a vote to go after a Ratu instead of Yam Yam. I get it definitely seemed like the safer move, and she didn't like the duo of Matt and Frannie, but by that point sparing the feelings of Ratu seemed pointless, it was too early to start worrying about the threats in her own alliance, and if she had managed to get one of them out it would've looked like a huge move and could've changed a lot potentially, at the very least strengthening her jury case).
The cast truly made this season special. Easily the best of the new era
This is one of the few seasons where i strangely didnt find myself rooting for any one person in particular, but in a good way! The lack of investment i felt in a particular person made me far more invested in the cast as one single unit. Each episode felt like a self contained season, by the time we hit like final 8 i could see myself being narratively satisfied with anyone remaining coming away woth the win. My one complaint is it feels like halfway through the season yhey suddenly started giving Danny a villain edit just cause they needed drama or something? I dunno i really liked early season danny so his sudden yonal shift was VERY jarring for me. But overall this was an incredibly fun season to watch, this got me back after i missed 42 and 43, and im happy to finally feel invested again
Its kind of baffling to me that 95% of people agree with all of the problems of the New Era yet there is no change to this copy paste format for the foreseeable future
I loved so many people on this season! The Tika 3 storyline was so great. I love seeing the post-season pics from cast members because it really does seem like they all get along so well! This is definitely the best new era season in my opinion.
I think this is one of the best seasons of survivor Iâve ever seen. Amazing casting, I was rooting for like 5 people. Love the diversity and the amazing social game this season.
They should do a no twist/no advantages season as the twist. The players expect that there are so many advantages in play already that they will still act like there are advantages if they donât know the premise of the season
This was a tough season to slog through. Been a fan since day 1 and for the first time we actually fast forwarded through a chunk of the finale. Wish the Australian version would come back to Paramount plus. I Feel like American Survivor needs a full reboot. Plucking some ideas from Australia and running with all of Peridiam's suggestions would be a great start.
We could do either Australia vs. USA or Survivor: Australia 2 and then reuse the challenges Australia uses and the locations because they are already secure and prescouted so that could be cool.
@@Ruddline totally down for that!
LOVED CAROLIN AND JAM JAM!! WHEN THEY FIGURED OUT CARSON WENT TO NASAđ
Carolyn going through the challenges is like a golden retriever at a dog show going through a course vs a german shepherd
I think this season was not only great for production, but also for Jeff. I think with the constant backlash, they are starting to understand what needs to be shown and what doesnât. Now Iâm hoping these 90 minute episodes can highlight more of the characters and camp life. AND MAYBE JUST MAYBE our intro back!!!
It's hard to be positive on a season that has caused my brother to finally say he doesn't need to watch anymore Survivor. This show brought my brother and I closer together. It was a huge part of our relationship with our dad and great grandparents. But despite over ten years of watching every episode the night it aired, the past four seasons have shown him, and others, enough to know that this new age of Survivor isn't what they're willing to put their time and effort into. I'm inclined to agree with them but I will give them 45 to bring me back. If not, then I'll just go back and watch old episodes instead.
Damn, that sucks. My dad stopped watching 15 seasons ago but we all keep wondering if it will be our last season.
@@goldengrill769 Danny De Niro and Carson not in the final three were the final straws for him I think. Along with all the other small things but the end of the season is always the most important.
I truly loved this season. I was an early fan of the Tikka 3. It felt so good to see them survive. I felt like I was a part of their team.
This is the second season Iâve followed since winners at war and this was so good! I laughed, I cried, this season has it all!
I hope a future season has the same reward that Debbie won in Game Changers where Cochran showed up except it's the Tika 3 showing up
We stan Yam Yam
Hey Peridiam, you should make a video about the unintended consequences of having a top 3: the fact that it now gives the jury to not only award the first place prize, but also the second place prize.
There have been some instances in the past of jury members strategically voting besides the winner to award money to the second place, or deprive the third finalist of a split pot.
Reed did this in San Juan del Sur, voting for Jaclyn to win instead of Natalie, to deprive Missy of a tied 2nd place finish. It's also suspected that Danny voted for Deshawn in survivor 42 to make sure Xander wouldn't touch a penny, after alienating the jury with his misreads.
It could also be talked about these stray votes awarding unpopular people money, like when Ralph voted for Phillip to win Redemption Island, awarding him 100K because he was too salty to vote for Boston Rob.
Either way, good content, thanks for your videos!
This season is still leaving my head scratching about the winner, much like what happened with 43. However, while I ended up agreeing Gabler played the best game and that Cassidy was not robbed, I still didnât love him being the winner or how Cassidy was treated during that final tribal.
For 44, itâs different because to me both Yam Yam and Carolyn would be very good winners, but itâs hard not to be bummed that Carolyn received no votes given how similar her resume was to Yam Yamâs and how she seemed to be a greater driving force of the moves in the game by comparison. Yam Yam seemingly made better social connections and I get that is a valid strategy for winning but idk, the jury not giving Carolyn any votes still surprises me a week after the finale aired. I still enjoyed the season a lot overall, but much like with 43 I will need time to process the final outcome of the season!
I just now realize that Carson speaks just like Dylan mulvaney
We want the auction back. Right on point peridiam!
THIS MAN SPEAKS ABSOLUTE TRUTH!!!!!!! I NEEDED TO HEAR THIS I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST ME!!!!!!!
8/10 Season!
44 has the advantage of finishing STRONG. The last 6ish episodes were the best stretch of Survivor to watch maybe since DvG.
Unfortunately I think it was only that good because all the twists were out of the game by Final 9 and all they had left to film was this REALLY fun group of characters. I think Jeff WANTS the show to feel more like the pre/early merge episodes and thatâs where he misses the fun of having interesting people navigate this game however they see fit. Production tries to script outcomes on a show that thrives on the players determining how the game is played. This season the players drove the final result and it led to the best season of the ânew era!â
Things to adjust:
-If youâre going to have the journeys. The players MUST have agency of if they want to risk their vote. Forcing them to risk it takes all the intrigue out of this segment. What if a player decides their optimal move is ALWAYS playing safe?
-I love some of the casting choices of the new era. But it feels like weâve had a couple of casts full of overachievers. We need people who didnât go to college. Maybe are lower on the socioeconomic ladder. People like Dreamz or Sugar, and the Blue Collar folks who may not be overachievers in life, but could take advantage of the opportunity Survivor brings! People with less education or money will play very differently from upper-middle class super fans.
-if 26 days is the standard now (I hope we get 39 days back SOMEDAY) we need to go back to 16 players on two tribes. Itâll allow for less one day voting cycles, and the three tribe format has lost its luster.
Just my thoughts. Happy to have a truly solid season to remind me why I keep coming back to the show!
Everyone being in tech in CBS reality shows its getting freaking ridiculous
At least our winner was a hairdresser IIRC.
To make a comment about the overachiever statement, there is a woman on Survivor 45 that is a truck driver/veteran which should be interesting. Itâs not a common job we get to see. I agree with all of these takes though!
totally agree dude. baffled by the production this season but the cast made it worthwhile for me
Though I hate the 3 small tribes. And I hate the shorter days. What I've really enjoyed about the past 2 seasons is they have brought back alliances. I get the game is more fluid now and that great and all but having an alliance good for more then a wk is super helpful and has become an underutilized part of the modern game. Jesse still flipped on Cody but that was after he used the alliance for maximum benefit. I really enjoy that ppl are going back to basics with alliances and staying strong with a small group. Hope to see it stick
Excellent review! I did have a somewhat similar experience as you this season, though unintentionally. Just due to life getting extra busy and various other commitments, I found myself unable to watch the show live for about half of the episodes. I also got to watch most of them with my boyfriend who had never seen the show before so I got to get a more casual opinion. I really liked the cast and loved the Tika 3, especially Carolyn. The premerge was fine albeit a bit rockyâŠbut the post merge that gave us several rounds of just a straightforward vote was a such a breath of fresh air. The social bonds and character moments are what I love most about this show, and this season gave us a lot of those, especially compared to other recent seasons. Definitely my favorite of the new era seasons, though 42 is a close second. Enjoy the offseason!
I think Iâve been here since the beginnings of your channel, and THANK YOU RIGHT BACK for continuously amazing content and analysis. Love it.
Itâs been said but Survivor needs to revamp their challenges. 1st, they need to stop reusing puzzles without making changes so that contestants can just memorize them at home. 2nd, most challenges have been really generic lately, not memorable. Perhaps they could get some help from the people who do The Challenge (not a good show, but at least they have some cool challenges).
This has been my favorite post-40 season so far, the characters were great
I LOVE THE SURVIVOR AUCTION đ
I also mostly watched on Thursdays but this season is my first time following the show live week by week. All other seasons I binged. Some episodes really had me on my feet to watch the next one but I couldn't- I would have to wait a week. Still, I really loved this season. Might just be my new favorite
Agree 100%. Question was the creep Dan being allowed to stay on the show until he was inappropriate with a member of production, a Jeff decision?
I think one thing that deserves praise in the new era is casting. Theyâre taking risks; never before have we had a Shan, Mary Anne, a Jesse or a Carolyn. Itâs just the probst side of twists and advantages that donât allow these unique players to just play. The more different type of people cast the more different thought processes will be playing the game
After the final 10, when the players just played, was great! Because the cast was great. They just need to keep up with the great casting and come up with more contructive twists and advantages (which arenât going away)
I agree! Iâve liked the casting of the new era. No problems there.
GREAT review! You made my eyes get a bit misty talking about the Matt/Yam Yam vote and the Carolyn/Frannie of it all. I agree with, like, everything you said and I too choose to just roll with it with a more optimistic attitude and it makes for a far better viewer experience. Ultimately, this season succeeded in spite of the twists because of the fantastic casting.
This season gave me a new hope (which I had lost years ago) that a season of Survivor can still feel real and fresh and not so mechanical and devoid of soul. Easily the best cast in recently history, rivaling s41 (minus Kane lol) and for me the best top 3 in recent history. Loved a lot about this season and if Jeff wants the show to prosper, he should lean into what made 44 so great.
4:45 had me on my kneeeeees
I genuinely think this was one of the best seasons of all time. The storytelling was perfect and the casting was perfect. I donât care about how many twists and advantages exist in the game as long as they donât take away from the storytelling, and this season I donât think they did.
The cast were fantastic this season and it's one of my favs! Can't wait for Season 45!!
I think the Tocantins comp is spot on. You essentially had a tight 3 versus a larger group after the evac, same as 44 but there was something different here. Maybe it was that feeling of I've already seen this and Carolyn just rubbed me the wrong way the whole season. I could probably deal with the histrionics and screaming during the challenges but she's maybe the worst challenge person to every play the game and it was incredibly unenjoyable when everyone is fawning over her and she was a total goat. I think when people step away from this season and get away from the recency bias, it is going to be bottom 15-25% of all seasons. It has the elements of Tocantins, with a little Matsing and Pagong mixed in, but there really wasn't any spectacular game play. Danny's idol play was probably the flashiest play, but at the end of the day this season could have been so much better strategically. It was just straight forward vote offs because Soka and Ratu couldn't help but target each other. It all kind of hinged around the uninspiring game play of Heidi if she uses the control a vote advantage to make Jamie vote for Heidi it makes the game more interesting or if at final 6 she just plays her idol for herself, teams up with Heidi and Lauren it would have forced Tika to either vote out Carolyn or Yam Yam and Carson would have went to rocks. But there was just never any conflict at all this season and even the Tika 3 never had to vote against each other. What made Tocantins good was the conflict at the end when they voted Taj out, and they were forced to see where the loyalties lied and just how far they were willing to go. Would have been better if Yam had to vote Carson out to win. After this season I can no longer defend final 4 fire making either, it has to go. It makes the final immunity you can win basically useless and virtually no one goes on to win the game after winning it, well at least anyone not named Chris.
Damn you are so right about the yasss queening of Carolyn she was so awful at challenges, at least YamYam could win so Twitter stop trying to say Carolyn was ever going to win or was robbed its embarrassing.
I want the former survivor back! The auctions, family visits, awesome rewards, eating crazy food items and of course the 39 DAYS!
Plus the tribal swaps
As a fellow Puerto Rican I couldnât be happier â€ïžđ”đ·
This was the first seasons I'd watched since winners at war, and honestly I'm incredibly glad I did. Survivor is just so much better than all the other shit on cable (except battlebots; battlebots is love, battlebots is life). This season in particular was fantastic. It didn't feel frustrating or unfair. Everyone who wnent out just went out because they played the game wrong (except arguably Carson but he probably could have prepared better or bluffed to get out of that situation).
Yam Yam definetly deserved the win, and season 44 got me the most engaged that any network show has in quite a long time.
Am I the only one who feels like the winner is becoming the person the jury likes the best instead of the best game being played? Donât get me wrong I donât dislike Yam Yam but I think he was the least deserving winner out of the 3 people there.
Yes I so agree, I was thinking Carolyn was the most deserving and she didn't get a single vote. She played as herself, didn't play as a character like some tend to do, and fooled everyone. She found the idol on her own, and kept onto it until the very end.
The Jury is freaking broken bro, people need to stop trying to gamebot and think about who "represents" the season theme the best (deciding who wins at Ponderosa) and vote a lot more based on the Jury Interview.
not as explosive as 43 and not many jaw dropping moves either but overall super fun
I was so upset that Carolyn didn't get any votes, but sooo happy that I guessed right that Sia rewarded her! â€
Let's have a themed season. Survivor: LET THEM COOK.
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This season left thinking I might not watch it anymore. After the finale I just felt âmehâ. I loved Carolyn and Jamjam. For me this ânew eraâ is just trying to hard and we are not getting the excellent villains or heroâs like we did before. I miss the auction, two tribes, 39 days and a real reunion show.
I like this season, I actually like twists, the birdcage was pretty entertaining, not being able to play it safe on the first island trip was ok bc the whole tribe had to discuss about who goes, not going is the safe-play. The 1-person tribe swap with the idols washing going to blown up tribes but it also was a reshuffle, without the idol, there is no way to do a 1-person swap without tanking that personâs game and it is nice to have some variety in terms of tribe swaps. It is true that those twists put the players in very contrived situations and are a hit or miss, but they avoid a pre-merge where we know ahead of time which person is the next boot every single week (Claire boot was veeery predictable and boring). The twists are never Gina make the season (and in 41 I do think they kinda broke it by taking to much airtime bc of explanations). Other than that, 44 is my favorite season from the ones I watched while it aired, the Jamie storyline is hilarious, the Tika 3 gameplay in the merge is amazing (the Danny boot was my favorite to watch), Yam Yam and Carolyn are great and I just love Carson (but I just identify with him a lot, so Iâm biased) and the ending is VERY satisfying. It has all the elements of a great season of reality TV. To finish, I think people are going way too hard on new era survivor, there is a learning curve, but 44 and 42 actually work pretty well for me and I believe the move to 90 minutes will solve the biggest issue in new era that is when there is too much advantage-related shenanigans happening that there is almost no time to explore the social dinamics impacts of those shenanigans to create tension and twists and turns in the narrative.
I will say, this is one of my favorite seasons Iâve watched. The finale for this season is probably one of my favorites in a long time. Plus, Yam Yam being the 2nd ever LatinX winner and the 3rd LGBT winner in over 30 seasons, heâs probably a winner I hold dear to my heart. Also I have to say, this season had the strongest final 5s Iâve ever seen. Anyone winning from the top 5, hell even the entire merge, I could see anyone winning and it would be a huge pay off. I really liked this season in spite of its twists and the online discourse that occurred during the season. I wanted a woman to win, but Iâm glad we had Yam Yam.
Yam yam is the 3rd Latinx winner Sandra is the 1st Chris Underwood is the 2nd
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PLEASE for the love of god, itâs LATINO, we do not like that word carried around.
@@JDDimensions why donât you like it? No disagreement here, just like to hear peoples justifications.
@@BingoBangoB0NGO8 Its effing stupid because you already know he is he/him so you just use his gender as Latino (woman is Latina), LatinX is just for non binary people.
Im suprised how many people loved this season i thought everyone would be shitting on it like i would have but i guess im the outcast lol i just need villains
I really hated the casting this season with some exceptions of course
The casting hasnât been the best , ofc the sob storyâs are gonna come at least a few times but I feel like it happens every 5 minutes in the show . It feels like instead of gameplay itâs a pity party on how everyoneâs life is hard but whoâs is the worst
Best part was when Danny farted. It was such an intense moment that made me laugh so hard
not gonna lie i LOVED this season. iâve been self proclaimed super fan of the show since 38 and binged almost every season when lockdown first happened. After the hiatus following 40, i was really worried about where the show was gonna go next. I was scared to watch 41, and when it wrapped i told my mom i was never watching the show again. it became one of my least favorite seasons ever and i did not want any future seasons to ruin how much i absolutely love this show more than 41 already did. i waited until after 42 finished airing to even start it. i left that season unsatisfied as well and only watched 43 because i had nothing else to do at the beginning of this summer (yes i waited that long to start it). 43 restored my faith in the show a bit, as i felt actually invested in the show for the first time in the new era. i tried so hard to avoid any and all spoilers for 44, but i accidentally saw that yam yam was the winner and heidi was the runner up. i was so upset and actually wasnât planning on even watching 44, at least not for a while. BUT, the promo for 44 intrigued me and i just had to start it immediately after finishing 43. 44 captivated me and i finished the entire season in a day and a half. it reminded me why i loved the show with a cast full of people i genuinely was rooting for and wanting to watch. i couldnât help myself and just had to hinge the whole show in like 2 sittings. i completely understand itâs flaws, but am so thankful that survivor actually delivered a season i genuinely enjoyed watching again, and i will always have love for this season for doing just that. i will probably never rewatch 41 or 42 (partly because of the hour glass twist that iâm glad is universally recognized as awful), but i know iâll be binging 44 again. despite the issues and weird twists and useless advantages, the cast make this season brilliant that i actually enjoyed watching them navigate twists that i would have hated with any other group of people. thankful for 44 for reminding me how much i do truly love this show :)
Oh I love Carolyn. Sheâs like an OG player plopped in the new lame format ⊠I liked Courtney too. Sassy and funny made for good episodes
lmao at the risk of your job, you hit the nail on the head with your opening, I just really don't care anymore, I cannot watch a 2 hour Survivor podcast on RHAP anymore. The only reason I watch RHAP ever is for US Big Brother. I watch all your stuff though. I still find myself enjoying Survivor: The Show but I am just exhausted with Survivor analysis especially all the bull**** they keep adding to this show. One thing I miss are genuinely strong and bitter alliances and anger and resentment. Maybe only Gen X is capable of that but I would like a old people Survivor again then. I miss when Survivor felt like a brutal sport. Anyway that is my 2 cents.
Also I love Jeff Probst overall even if he's kind of a moron he tries hard to listen to the fans and give us new interesting twists.
I love this season so much and i have to say that Carolyn was the star of the show it was so much fun watching her i really wanted to see the tika 3 at the end
So thaaaaat's why you stopped live tweeting the episodes. I was missing your live commentary.
Thank you for posting the video. And I also miss the 39 days.