Extracted

The first episode with the 18 year old was hard to watch he was awful! The premise of the show is great but I think you have to vet these people better the dad was definitely enabling his son and it put a negative light on the show having them on it. The way he spoke to his parents and threatened them to push the button to extract was absolutely crazy and it really sucks that they were allowed to push the button and get him out especially since his mom made sure he had everything he needed in his crate and he still chose to speak to them the way he did and then hug them when they bring him back.

Thought I'd hate it. I thought it'd be so bad it wasn't worth commenting on. Because this is just so easy to hate.

The $250,000 prize is pathetic. Really? The Beast just gave a winner $10,000,000 come on guys.

Then there is...., well it's not exactly survival. This is not a survival show. It resembles more closely "I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here" from the UK. Not one of these contestants could survive a night camping in a back garden. It's a study in human anthropology just to see how fast the human species could die off.

But. Seeing the dynamic between the different family and friends members and how they feel about their "champion" had me glued.

Because while the challenges to survive in the woods wouldn't tax a boomer more than a stiff walk it is incredible to see the crash that has taken place. These millennials and their relations are bone crushingly stupid.

The mismatch between what they think they can do. What their loved ones think they can do and reality is shocking. Not sure how good this will be after the stupidity shock wears off but let's see.

I decided to give this show a try, and at first, I thought I might enjoy it. However, by episode five, I realized it was just plain ridiculous. One of the most capable survivalists gets pulled out by his whining, emotional wife, despite seeming to do well-though it's hard to tell since they barely show any actual survival efforts. Instead, the focus is entirely on what's happening at HQ. What happens to all the leftover supply boxes? What about the axes and saws they were given? Why give a bow and arrow to people who have never even used one? There are so many frustratingly illogical decisions. I won't be watching another episode.

How do they select the "survivalists" and their support crew in HQ? Either milk toast relatives in HQ, with a strong person in the field, or the opposite. The weak get rewarded and the strong get penalized? Completely backwards. To win this contest, there just needs to be a halfway decent person in the field with a duress word, and 2 strong field craft people that know what supplies to send, and don't pull that person without hearing the duress word or the medical team demanding it.

Start everyone off with a full steel canteen, knife and fire starter. If they can't start a fire before applying for the show, they run out of clean water and automatically get eliminated. Drinking untreated water can have long term effects on the organs, so eliminate that from the program. A person wise in wood craft with a good knife and fire starter can make a shelter, traps, and spears to kill animals or fish for protein. They'll know how to forage. Over half of these contestants would starve in a grocery store without a can opener.

I cannot believe that this many people have never watched Survivor. #1 Fire (fire gives you safe water), #2 Shelter, off the ground, you need a roof, #3 Food...you don't always have to cook it. I am not one of those people. But if water is abundant, Fire, Shelter, Food. Your food can be worms, insects, reptiles, fish much of this you can eat raw. But if you have #1 Fire you don't need to worry about raw. Fire gives you warmth, safe water and safe food. Survivor has been on for like 24 years... These kinds of things should be common knowledge by now. I mean did they specifically choose people who had never watched it???