Survive the Raft

But it's just so bad. It also doesn't help that they constantly reference the original experiment which sounds like it was much more interesting and would've made a better show. This show seemed like it wanted everyone at eachothers throats but they all just kinda worked together, and at worst were slightly annoyed by each other once in a while. Bringing new people on every episode and creating the vote was just straight up stupid, not gonna try to rip it apart, it was just a bad idea. They should have just been given the option to vote members off if they wanted, make it more ominous and random.

There are also no stakes at all. It's just all chill, they're clearly taken care of and don't have to do any real survival. It's like Big Brother on a boat but somehow more boring and with less conflict, honestly it's kind of amazing how much they seemed to fail at their own concept here of "difficult and different people being forced to live together."

This show needs to take its concept and mix it with The Mole, and simplify concepts a bit. There is just way too much going on, like several different shows happening at once.

Also Russ, the vegan and the little Karen ruined everything.

Not a survival show. Not even an experiment.

Whoever gets upset the most, gets their way. It's like the OG cast is trying to lose and not make money. Don't waste your time on this weird and frustrating show.

I'm surprised it's at 5 stars and not lower. Most of the other reviews seem to agree with me. I can't see this coming back for another season.

At this point I'm cheering for those who want to sabatoge the group because they deserve it.

It's like the producers found the worst people from each political groups and put them on the raft then bring in rational and competitive people who try to get on the raft but the OG doesn't want to win.

This show is just sort of baffling. They took an interesting concept and completely ruined it by over dramatizing every single little thing. I'm not sure how much is scripted or how much people were coached but every single person (except Summer) is completely unlikable. The cast pretends like they're all so invested in this "experiment" and how they want to reach the finish line together as a team. They say all these positive things when the reality is they're the most self-righteous and self centered people you can find. The women are the absolute worst, they constantly find any reason to be offended and resort to group bullying every single episode while pretending they're actually the victims.

And this all takes place in less than 3 weeks time, which really isn't that long of a period of time. The people are all just so ridiculously fake and shallow, the challenges are lame, the constant swapping of contestants is too frequent and takes up the bulk of the show. It's over dramatic shallow trash at the end of the day only good for a hate watch. Summer is gorgeous so I gave it an extra point.

Very good idea and I was really excited to watch it. It started off really bad with the pick of contestants and then the whole thing at the market really annoyed me. The Liberal women had the money and only bought veg and instead of buying meats and protein (needed for survival) they had a lot of money left over that they had to hand back to the host.

Another show attacking white males while saying we don't understand prejudice. It makes no sense

I did pull through and finish the episode (1 hour 23 minutes) and it just got worse. To the end they started doing tasks but for me it was too late I will not watch another episode.

If you like white males being attacked then this is for you.

I watched Survive the Raft expecting a social experiment, but it quickly felt like a platform for conflict-particularly political and racial conflict-rather than cooperation.

From the beginning, I felt CJ was unfairly targeted, especially by Lashanna, who came off as loud, aggressive, and immediately confrontational. CJ's calm response-"I was just attacked in a group for how I look... based on my appearance..."-was a standout moment. He called out the hypocrisy in how assumptions were made about him based on his being a white male. And the silence that followed said a lot.

The show seems to lean into the same divisive narratives we see all too often in media: constant focus on race and identity over character and individual merit. Many of us are tired of being told what to think about each other based on skin color. Most Americans, I believe, care far more about someone's integrity, work ethic, and how they treat others than what box they check on a census.

Things really took a turn for the worse when Jimmy joined the raft. Almost immediately, he started sabotaging CJ's standing with the group, spreading lies and twisting CJ's words to stir up gossip-especially among the women. This snowballed quickly and led to a poorly timed comment about Russell, which gave the group an excuse to vote CJ off. It was frustrating to watch, because without Jimmy's meddling, CJ-a skilled spear fisher, level-headed presence, and strong competitor-would have likely made it to the end. His exit felt orchestrated, not earned.

Finally, in the last bounty mission, players were given the option to cross off names from the list-eliminating others from sharing in the final cash prize. Not one of them did it. Not even Jimmy, who had proven himself to be manipulative and money-driven. That moment felt too clean, too perfect. Are we really supposed to believe that no one tried to cut anyone out for a bigger payday? It came across as scripted, or at least heavily influenced behind the scenes, which undercut the entire social experiment premise.