Castaways

This show gives very detailed background information on each castaway while weaving together themes of sacrifice, hospitality, and humanity. Each episode reveals a trial the castaway has and the episode ends with an uplifting resolution. This show is masterfully edited and should win an emmy award! I look forward to new episodes every week, and they never disappoint.

I've just watched episode one and it was painfully slow to the point I almost turned it off a few times. I like the concept, but the setup is taking way too long. It would have been better if the character profiles had been dispersed throughout the episodes instead of episode one, and I'm assuming episode two since we haven't met everyone yet. It's just too slow.

While I admit that it is slow, I find it fascinating to look into peoples psyches under these conditions. The backstory really helps develop the personalities of the castaways. I hope people give this a chance because I know in society these days, everybody wants something quick and fast, which this is not. It's a story of different people meeting under unfortunate circumstances and trying to survive.

Some of the reviews on here are very impatient. Sometimes it is nice to sit and absorb a story about people's lives. I think those that are looking for action would die of boredom if they were put in the same situation. Very impatient. Survival sometimes depends on patients, to wait, and wait, for the prey to trip the trap, or come close enough for you to shoot or kill.....to survive... People in our party and gaming society, have been spoiled to the point they would not survive if there would be a catastrophic event in their lives. Life is really precious and tenuous and can be lost at any moment. We as human beings are weakest of the kingdom of animals on this planet. The only ways we have survived is through the use of our enlarged brains and have used that to create levers, and bows, and carved rivers and build pyramids and castles....and have touched the face of the moon. Studying the human condition under stress makes us better...I hope. Those that don't want to watch don't have to...

I like this show. If you've ever wondered 'would I be able to do this!?' This show will help break down what people were thinking at the time and he mental struggles you face being away from home and alone or the anticipation of meeting/surviving with someone else - a stranger. The reviews that don't like this show should go back to watching real housewives and lifestyles of the rich and famous. Get a life people. Different is good and this show makes you think about how everyone has problems - some different and some the same as yours. But we're all just trying to do our best loving one day at a time.