I do not like this season as much as previous ones. Way too much talking and not enough gameplay. The whining is driving me nuts. And some of the players are pretty annoying.
I try not to judge a season too quickly. I’ve seen some seasons that started out slowly, but turned into great ones.....and I’ve seen seasons that started promisingly only to turn into a less satisfying one in the long run.
You should check out the current Australian season. Its more vintage survivor with more risks. I have enjoyed the first 3 episodes of the American one. Well at least episode 1 and 3. And it's nice that we finally have players we can root against again and waot for them to het their cummupance
I think the 2-hour episodes are awful, you can feel the inessential background "packages" inserted into the show to pad out the time. Big editing failures. That said, I like this season a touch more than last. That Indian dude needs a Xanax or something, ha ha.