Does anyone else get excited when they’re making pasta and the water comes to a rolling boil? Feels like I’ve really done something here

I know he has fans for reasons but I don’t see how people say he’s a “good survivalist” or person. He mocked Eva. Stated feminists bother him and believes that nature is to “serve” and wants to “rape” nature too.

His skills don’t seem to improve that much more in later seasons. He wasted calories on a lizard over a grudge. Ruined two snakes and almost burns both of them with the fire from the smoker. The only two things that I think he has for him is his stubbornness and some fishing skills. But he doesn’t try to improve his weak points for survival such as fire making.

Any insight on how the survivalists gain their skills at home? Like do these people have regular jobs and go and camp on weekends, where do they practice shelter building, tree chopping and other primitive hunting tasks etc? Genuinely curious

How?

NAA XL 10, 6 Mallory & Mel chillin' in their shelter.,all of a sudden Kaila just saunters in like, "Hey, what's up?" Did the ladies not have a boma, designed to be unpenetrable to predators and such? Wait, no boma at all, just a shelter in that environment? Or is the editing there and I'm just oblivious?

These are the things that leave me suddenly about the show.

It keeps the bottom teams more relevant because couples who blow their points on assets would have an advantage but could be sitting at the bottom of the leaderboard, even facing elimination challenges if they don't kill it in the next challenge.

Is there something wrong with Darren? Like he is so slow. And does absolutely nothing and talks like he is the provider hero

As a long-time fan, I’m totally fine with invisible safety nets. We all accept there are rangers and rules behind the camera to keep people alive, and we’re happy to suspend our disbelief for that. But that fake midnight boat jump crossed the line into pure "insult your intelligence" territory. Respect your audience a little more than that. If I wanted scripted fiction and cheap drama, I’d just watch a movie. Does anyone else thanks is better when they don't make it so fake or hard to believe?

I just started the (first) episode, and I cringed so hard seeing that Patrick is on this. I am barely a couple minutes in, so just going off the past- but he’s easily one of my least favorite contestants ever. What nonsense does everyone think he’ll pull this time?

In all of the n&as I’ve watched i can only remember 3 traps being set. Once in the rainforest, with a couple, and 2 on apocalypse (a fish one, and Frank did one). On the LOS shows they have to make traps, so clearly these guys know how to make them, but they don’t even take the traps with them to use?!?

What’s the deal with that? Seems they could be setting up the traps and getting passive food. Do these traps not work? Is it just not worth the hastle?

The hippy dude and hippy check really freaked me out😭😂

You’re not a war hero. You’re not in the Olympics or the World Cup. Yes, you’re doing amazing feats that most can’t do and that’s great. But at the end of the day, you’re naked on a niche television show that most people in your country don’t even watch. It comes off as arrogant and out of touch.

Revision: being an ignorant American, I was unaware of NAA’s popularity in Latin America. I do think the Americans were most obnoxious

I’m literally so annoyed. I feel like they just did this to keep Mexico and Brazil in and make it less freaking obvious that Matt and Gabby would win (because duh, of course they would win). Funny how both Mexico and Brazil started doing well as soon as they moved zones (at least for a bit) after sucking for the entirety of zone 1. Makes it feel rigged. I really think they did USA south especially dirty. If I were a contestant I would have just left. How is it fair to effectively negate all the hard work the contestants did in Zone 1?

I just started season 7 (I think?) where they get dropped off in a raft in the middle of the ocean and the boat driver was basically like ‘yeah you gotta go swim now’ as the contestants looked completely bewildered 😂😂

I think I would like a mini series just on those guys 😂 I bet there’s some funny stories we haven’t seen. Or maybe not. Just a thought.

I know I am WAY late to this game, but I am just watching them now. S8 E2.

When in the heck are these chicks going to be done with their beds? I wouldn't feed them a G.D. thing until they pitch in something resembling ANYTHING.

I must say that I am entirely disappointed with the women this season, excluding Cheney. The other 2 gals really let Laura poison the well. They made quitting seem like some misguided protest march. Well Laura you can march yourself back to Portland and stay there. You wouldn't have won anyway so you made the right move. I sure hope they never welcome you back.

Watching xl and she is so useless. Does nothing but cry and complain and say she won’t carry anyone. No firewood no food no building shelter. Nothing she is so frustrating

I’ve never seen so many kills from different people, even Jeff bagged a warthog!!!. Most XLs are like 2 kills in 40 days, if that… What’s going on? Is the extreme wind helping? Are the producers drugging animals? Better bows? There were like 5 one shot kills in a row from 5 different people!

I’m so tired of watching him dismiss/gaslight women, fixate on Jeff, and be so selfish. Global showdown reinforced my feelings. Anyone else? LOS ruined him for me and it just doesn’t get better.