Whenever I see Seth Gilliam in anything, I know trouble is on the horizon.
His twitchiness always bothers me. I want to slap it out of him.

I was a fan of Aras in his first season. Likeable winner, and my second pick/hope to win after Cirie.

Her pre-merge game play started off the same on both seasons: make sure there's at least 1 or 2 people before you on the chopping block. Later she was the brains behind Aras. Over the course of the season she was personally responsible for several eliminations.

The only season where the chores I was doing while watching it were more enjoyable.

Poppa Bear

That is one of my all-time favorite Survivor moments. I felt so bad for Savage & company, man their expressions. But I still rewatched that part maybe 3 or 4 times. Hilarious!

No way, Jeremy's the best! I really get him.

I was happily reminded of Aras meditating as Tyson plots his ouster.

But Panama had Cirie, who was a genius at Survivor and a lot of fun to watch. I thought she and the sheer craziness of the Casaya alliance made that season enjoyable.

Definitely the worst. Monotonous to watch. Most enjoyable player to root for was Ralph and that's not saying much. Plus least enjoyable survivor ever, Phillip.

Thought this was a pretty good episode, like a remake of last week's episode except with a boot that was strangely more satisfying than Rocker's.

Josh got Rocker out due to Rocker being Rocker.

Together Thawne & Wells become Reverse Firestorm.

Thailand is hard to watch unless you can sit back and enjoy watching a cult leader take control. For that season, I found I could enjoy it. For Redemption Island, not so much.

He's so Stephanie. I think I love him now. Or do I hate him?

Exactly. It was all Josh - despite Natalie. Making someone sound terrible is not a winning ploy to get someone voted out, at least to strategic players like Josh, Baylor, etc.

Interesting episode. I thought Rocker and Natalie both came off better than I expected, especially since I was prepared to hate the two of them this season. I loved Natalie's trashing of Fabio the Elder and - except for the post-challenge smack talk where I thought both Natalie & Rocker sounded pretty foolish - Rocker…

I wish I loved it but I hate how it gives Probst more opportunities to be melodramatic.
as far as past formats go, I prefer Survivor Race Wars.

Have to disagree. I wonder if all the hatred towards Nicaragua is because of Naonka and/or that season's repellent second half, both of which I also really hated. But the first half was pretty entertaining. Brenda, Chase, Jane, Jimmy, and eventually Holly were all enjoyable personalities and entertaining players.

It irritates me that producers would actually recruit Rocker. Ugh.