This next season has the name of the twist in the title. Some say it may be too high but this season is:
EXILE ISLAND!
Now before I go into anything, people should know this was the first survivor season I ever watched so it has a special little place in my heart that probably caused it to be a little higher than I would've normally rated it.
With that said, this season was fantastic. I don't care what anybody says, this was one of the more entertaining seasons ever. Let's start with the very first episode. The tribes are interestingly divided by age and gender into 4 groups. The legendary Cirie starts her legacy on the older women tribe. When the lose the first challenge, Tina leads the charge to vote her out but the thing is, she's perceived as being out there because she's still recovering from losing her son. Cirie uses this to her advantage and flips the script to vote out Tina. Then the tribes divide into Casaya and La Mina. Shane is relieved to be off the older tribe and Miranda is voted out with Cirie being told she'll probably go home next. Then shit starts to get crazy. We see what probably is the biggest clusterfuck of a tribe ever. Bob Dawg was only on for 4 episodes and he had a ton of gold moments such as his interactions with Courtney and drinking all the alcohol his tribe won on in a reward challenge with Bruce to end up passing out in their toilet stall which they also won. Shane and Courtney also look like they belong in an insane asylum with Shane really having a hard time not having cigarettes on the island. The alliance between those 2, Danielle and Aras goes absolutely off the wall but yet, the tribe ended up sticking together until they couldn't anymore. These guys drove each other crazy, but man were they fucking loyal. To be fair, Terry and his gang didn't exactly give them an attractive offer to flip and they really couldn't having 3 strong males in the minority but people have flipped for worse options.
Not only did we have the clusterfuck loyal tribe in Casaya but we had the underdog villain in Terry. Terry is my personal favorite survivor ever. He just added so much to this season and made it so much more exciting by winning out. He found the overpowered HII he never had to use because he kept winning. Yet this guy was hated because people thought he was a sore winner/loser. Not denying it but I don't get all the hate for him as a character/player. To me he was essential in making Exile Island what it was because without him, Casaya would've just pagonged them and had no one to unite against. Terry is also responsible for what in my mind is the best survivor rivalry of all time or at least in the top 3 in Terry vs. Aras. I can't think of 2 alpha males that hated each other or were more different than these 2. Aras was the Golden Boy who was nice and honorable while Terry was a middle-aged marine that was extremely competitive. I think it really bothered Aras that someone not only twice his age but someone with that ego/attitude was getting the best to him nearly every challenge. It's something that gets lost when talking about this season but I loved the desire these 2 had to beat each other and outlast the other. The ironic thing is both of these guys lost the final immunity challenge.
People also like to say this season had no strategy. I disagree with that because I thought we saw unbelievable strategy and social play from Cirie and Aras because they found a way to survive in that tribe of nuts. They were also really the only challenge to Terry taking over the game because he did have a solid plan as much as people like to talk shit about his strategy to go to the final 3 with Danielle and Courtney and use Shane as well to take out the main physical threat Aras and ostracize Cirie who was really the biggest threat to win the game. Cirie and Aras just managed to get the best of him every time in that department keeping themselves in the game when really both of them should've never made it as far as they did.
As for negatives, I think the main thing is La Mina. I say this because everybody on that tribe was a dud except for Terry. Sure Dan got a nice goodbye in final 11 but besides that, there was nothing really relevant about that tribe. They got outnumbered with no other memorable players that all got pagonged. Seriously if it wasn't for Terry they could've gone down as the most irrelevant tribe in survivor history.
Overall I think Dinosauro27 said it best that this season was a great example of the mental toughness it takes to play this game and people really can snap out here. This season showed it the best.
Stay tuned for #7! Hint- one of the greatest winner stories in survivor history
28. Nicaragua
27. Redemption Island
26. South Pacific
25. One World
24. Thailand
23. Caramoan
22. All Stars
21. China
20. Cook Islands
19. Blood vs. Water
18. Palau
17. Gabon
16. Borneo
15. Australian Outback
14. Africa
13. Fiji
12. Tocantins
11. Samoa
10. Guatemala
9. Philippines
8. Exile Island
Marquesas
Amazon
Pearl Islands
Vanuatu
Micronesia
Heroes vs. Villains
Cagayan
youre flaw is kind of a bigger strike then i think you give credit for. The fact that one out of two main tribes of the season was a huge waste of airtime, made the season incredibly boring whenever they were on screen.
Also, the Cassaya tribe, at least in my opinion, was far more unlikeable, rather than entertaining, mostly because rather than be funny, most of the castaways spent their time whining about every little thing they could, Danielle in particular being incredibly whiny.
lol i dont like players winning multiple immunities as it takes less strategic prowess and keeps playersvaround who dont deserve it a la fabio(who i believe to be the worst winner ever)
i havent seen this cause a terry winning streak makes this season a dud to me
I think Terry is such an idiot. He could have played the fucking idol on Nick, and then would have a much more convincing argument for Bruce to flip, and still have him medevaced cuz of his bowels
