I really like this cast. And the gameplay is pretty good in the pre-merge, but then the postmerge Healer after Healer after Healer leaving got boring. Once they all left, I was excited to see how it would all shake out, but then Ben Bomb La La Laaaaa's his way to the end, and thus we have the introduction of the brand new firemaking twist. It's kinda bullshit that it was introduced as a twist. But whatever. Endgame flopped in my opinion, I don't want to call riggage but Idk I would've rather seen Chrissy, Devon, or Ryan pull it out. Even Dr. Mike would've been hilarious. Ben's story was just boring. Him at tribals was fun to watch, but he wasn't a very good player. Such a bummer.
Review by Cory CopelandVIP 5BlockedParent2020-12-18T16:16:55Z
This season is kinda odd. There's nothing that I particularly "like" about this cast, but there is another nothing to "dislike". This may be an editing issue, maybe the theme of the season was a let down, but it felt like a general cast of "good", nothing more and nothing less. Ben made tribal councils a bunch of fun with his antics and idols, yet was a rather awful player (as someone that appreciates strategy, it pains me to see him have such an awful post merge strategy). Chrissy was a comp beast (4 idols representing moms across the world). Ryan was a social player that was relatively strategic. Devon was a bit of everything. Yet, I had a hard time considering any of them winner worthy. Maybe it was the tv edit that didn't allow Chrissy to shine enough, but she likely should have been the winner. She was in the majority alliance, and won competitions, yet in the last two seasons (33 and 34) we saw the comp beasts also lose. Albeit, in both of those seasons they weren't incredible social/likable. Not to mention, I don't want to call a Survivor season rigged, but it was incredibly coincidental that the first season the Final Four fire making competition is introduced is the first year the "exciting" player of the season was a sure out at four. Without the "twist" Chrissy almost definitely wins.
At this point I am just rambling, so I will wrap it up. Moral of the story, if this is "bad" then it once again shows how great Survivor is. This was still really enjoyable episode after episode for one reason or another, even if SOMETHING feels like the end game flopped. If you enjoy the strategy aspect of Survivor, this is definitely a season that will be forgettable.
Rating: 7/10