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Marshawn killed it, he did a great job of driving the humor in the episode despite the script. One of the best episodes of the series. Worth the watch for sure.

This is an hour long show with 8 minutes of action. The sets are outrageous, the challenges underwhelming, there are 4+ announcers for no apparent reason. The focus is on the characters and their personal lives rather than the competition and at the end of the day I just don't understand what they are going for. Is this a human interest reality show, or is this a Gladiators clone?

The reality is that it is neither and it is so overproduced that it is almost unwatchable. The contests are poorly conceived so that the outcome is clear within seconds which renders the competition boring, and it is difficult to get invested in characters when they are dispensed with in one or two competitions which last less than 2 minutes each.

This needs a lot of work and should have a much lower budget.