The newest season was surprisingly good.

And you're basing your argument on?

I think that's why the show was brilliant, because it allowed both sides to be heard but still made a point to show the flaws in Archie's viewpoint. It usually depicted his bigotry coming from a place of ignorance and a lack of exposure to other people, and it wasn't necessarily hateful or advocated for violence.

Yeah. I'm kinda surprised that people think that the show present Archie as right. It showed that people with internalized racist beliefs are still human, but it drew a line where Archie was never in favor of violence. Plus, be was usually presented as coming to his beliefs through ignorance and lack of exposure.

I can kind of understand getting tired of someone constantly talking about the anxiety induced by a situation they willingly put themselves into. It's not a good moment, but I've dealt with people who just talk about their anxiety nonstop and it can become exhausting. I can imagine it being doubly so when it's part of…

I think her best choice would have been to take those two out so she could claim the big moves she made with them. She could have framed herself as the strategic player among the three.

I think Hannah and Ken both bringing personal narratives opened it up for Adam. Hannah did a "I started out anxious and nervous and now I'm a power player" and Ken brought up his daughter.

I didn't really find it to be "The Moment of the Season" It was nice and everything, but it wasn't as Brett was coming out for the very first time.

I think that Adam won by virtue of Ken being a nonentity and Hannah having trouble really arguing her game.

I think once Ken started crying about his daughter, Adam gained a little more if a reason to bring it up.

Yeah, I think if his social game had been better, he was able to convince someone outside his Alliance to flip, or he had been a huge challenge threat, his argument would have carried more weight.

I love Sandra. But I can see her going into the game knowing she's a huge target.

To me, it seemed less forced than past FTC. I don't really understand people using the children/family card because I'm pretty sure most of the people going into Survivor have families that could need the money.

Plus, I don't think he can repeat his story. He can't come in as this Survivor fan with crippling anxiety to then becomes the biggest threat in the game.

I think Ken's style can still work, but since we seem to be having less bitter juries, it's a much harder game to play. Usually the "I have I integrity" comes from playing a really great physical game, which I don't think Ken did. If he did, he never was treated as a physical threat.

These theme seasons really need to go, because the narrative gets so incredibly forced.

I think that when you play Hannah's game, you have to be able to walk into the final tribal council and sell it with a compelling and charismatic performance, which I don't think she did. She seemed more defensive, at least in the editing.

Yeah, Trevor seems to be more into partying than Mickey was. Mickey just seemed to drink at the Alibi or at home. Like, Trevor seems to be a bit more into the life Ian had during his manic gogo boy days than Mickey ever would be.

They really fucked up the Debbie plot. I think her getting pregnant made sense, she always wanted a stable family from S1, saw her boyfriend's family and figured that getting pregnant would be a quick way to become part of that family.

I didn't understand that either. During most of their relationship, Ian worked at the convenience store and the gay bar while Mickey had a stable job managing a rub and tug. Their relationship was never as Bonnie and Clyde as they made it out to be. They were never doing heists.