In this video, I give my very detailed thoughts on the latest season of Survivor US, Survivor 45.
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro & Opening Thoughts
1:44 Episode 1 (Opening Scene & Challenges)
10:48 Episode 1 (Tribe Breakdowns)
20:01 Episode 1 (Post-Immunity Challenge)
28:35 Episode 2
45:06 Episode 3
1:00:54 Episode 4
1:19:03 Episode 5
1:36:11 Episode 6
1:52:37 Episode 7
2:07:43 Episode 8
2:21:03 Episode 9
2:35:16 Episode 10
2:50:05 Episode 11
3:06:35 Episode 12
3:17:10 Episode 13 (Final 5)
3:29:16 Episode 13 (Final 4)
3:34:44 Episode 13 (Final 3)
3:46:21 Outro & Closing Thoughts
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I loved this season so much. Lots of memorable moments and im excites for the future of survivor
90 minute episodes really made this season different.
Great to see Hannah win her way back from edge of extinction after she initially said she wasn’t going
90 minutes definitely made this season what it was. Everyone was really fleshed out, and I think each starting tribe gave the same quality of content, which is rare. Endgame was wild. Loved how the editors focused on parallels (Emily vs Drew vote, J vs Kellie vote). Overall, a great season that I’ll remember for Belo falling over itself time and time again, while Reba plays a strong game. One of the better of the new era
This season is in my top 10
Its actually a miracle that Emily and Jake survived the premerge. I didn't realize Jake pretty much had 30 days being on the bottom.
Dee/Austin least interesting people from the jury phase on, maybe even on the whole cast (besides like Brando and JMaya)
I didn't hate it but I know I will never watch this season again. The Modern era is just bad as a whole. There was nice shocking moments like the Kellie blindside. But in the end there was too much low level gameplay to make it enjoyable. Austin single handedly destroyed both his and Drew's game with his big mouth and heart. Katurah's bad decisions were truly laughable to a point where they made no sense especially with not following through voting Dee out. It had entertaining moments. But very few truly good players. Not to mention 2 or 3 casted players didn't even truly want to be there. Better casting really is key here or else it will continue to slide down hill.
Will you be doing a reindeer games review / player ranking
1 thing I want Survivor to do (but likely won't) is being filmed outside of Fiji. It's been a long time since the show filmed somewhere else, & when my mom & I (whom are both big fans of this show) saw that Season 46 will be in Fiji again we were a little upset at that. 1 thing that made Survivor so fun to watch was how they went to different locations every or every other Season, but constantly filming in Fiji reduces some of the show's cool factor since it doesn't make these recent Seasons stand out from each other as much. Now Devil's Advocate, after what happened in Cambodia with Caleb, keeping the show in 1 country helps keep the contestants safe, the same crew around, & it's likely a budget saving element for the show.
Love this season but wish Jake won
I disagree about f5 being a bad look for Dee tbh. Reading the post season interviews, her rationality makes a lot of sense. She knew Jake had an idol and she felt like he was more likely to play it on himself than Katurah so she targetted Katurah and that’s also how Julie told her she was voting. The assumption that she knew Julie was voting Jake and threw a hinky vote at Katurah anyways is wrong. Dee said that Julie told her she was voting Katurah and she had no idea she would end up voting for Jake last minute so she thought she had 2 solid votes on Katurah. So in her head, even if Austin doesn’t vote with her and Jake plays the idol on himself like she thought he would, it would be a 3-2 on Julie. And in the worst case scenario where she gets votes, it’s a 2-2-1 against her where Julie and Austin would keep her over Katurah on the revote. I’ve seen some people say that she should have voted Julie but if she and Austin had voted Julie and Katurah/Jake voted for her, then it’s a 2-2-1 tie between her and Julie where Jake and Katurah would have all the power at the revote. Overall, I think everyone but Julie had some logic to their decision. Dee’s optical move for the round was definitely to vote for a Belo with at least one of her number ones. Her read on who Jake was gonna play the idol was wrong but that happens. Julie is the one that really bugs my mind. Her voting Jake knowing no one else was voting for him is crazy. It’s truly one of the most complex rounds in Survivor history tho so it’s not as black and white as everyone would assume. Lots of crazy moving pieces. Still easily a T10 winner IMO.
at least it didn't end in a 7-1-0 vote….
This video reminded me how great Emily was at completely blindsiding people.
I get anger at Hannah cause of her quit but it should never go irl
Katurah’s constant whining about Bruce annoyed the crap out of me, way more than anything Bruce could ever do
In regards to Sean, in the new era, all prejurors get sent home once the official jury starts, they no longer go on the perjury trip. So by that metric I guess Sean might have been authentic in his rhetoric about wanting to see his husband again? Maybe?😭
Glad you called out the ridiculous entitlement from super fans over the quitting. Imagine feeling so self important that you think Hannah or Sean took YOUR spot. Pathetic.
man these videos get longer and longer and I am very much here for it. Thanks for all your continued hard work
Per exit interviews, Katurah v Austin v Jake is extremely close, but Katurah and Austin each have 3 votes going in, Jake has Kendra's vote, and Emily is the most likely swing
tmr, using the losing final tribal performance list as a ref, where would you rank austin? he seems to have argument to be as high as number 2
I mean mabey im missing something but i thought this season was great you got sabiyah melting her idol in the fire you got the devastating Kelly blindsided you got the epic Kaleb shot in the dark and the shocking 2 111 vote in the finale.
Your content makes me happy. I’m glad to know that there are other people out there that are as interested as I am in the game of survivor.
23:06 – I personally don't think you do get it. It's not just a problem of "you should have done better in casting" when
1) This show has a history of recruiting
2) This show attracts thousands of applicants
3) This show's casting process is ultimately in the hands of producers with no explanation or room to dispute
4) Depending on the season, you may have been required to take various psychological tests, bloods tests, have vaccination records ready, etc. IF a producer contacts you(which I assumed Hannah passed)
5) It takes tremendous expense to get them to Fiji and then have to accommodate them for the duration of the season
All that for essentially amounting to someone to quit 3 days in, not to mention not due to injury or missing meds but because of a habit, and also quite belligerently and disdainfully too ("OMG, if there is Edge of Extinction, I'm not going") amounts to a colossal PR nightmare for the casting and network at large. Yeah, I'm sure Hannah is a lovely person and doesn't deserve the abuse she got, but i prefer M vs Gx Hannah by a mile.
This show had a bunch of new unique first-time names including Sabiyah, Kaleb, Janani, Katurah, Dianelys and…Emily?
my guy i love your videos but if i took a shot everytime you said “obviously” i’d be dead by the end of the pre-merge recap 😂
The survivor 45 logo girl looks like dee
Love the shade on Kellie. Found her totally overrated as a player and a character.
Hannah really played one of the most dominant games ive ever seen in reality tv, including Australia, SA, and UK. She had the total control of the game, having 0 dangerous spots through the course of the game. Her threat management and jury management is insane, and the facility that she has to execute plans is like Dan Gheesling levels. She also seemed to survive like 50 days in the wilderness if it was necessary, she was never tired of psycologically affected to be there.
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I mean Hannah quitting may have very well saved the season and I really thought Sean was acting in his final tribal
I really enjoyed this season! agreed that it’s probably the strongest of the new era so far. The 90 minutes definitely helped flesh out the cast.
35:00 sarah and helen say hi 😛 (altho i think this is probably true of all the post merge ppl)
these new survivors series are bs ….you never seen them sleeping in their home made shelters like back in the day or you dont see them practically starving and eating wild life they catch….i just thought about that after the season….it seem so fake now compare to old very first seasons
18:35 Kaleb literally became Emily’s #1 moving forward
at the final vote i think katurah assumed dee and julie were voting her, because why would anyone vote for jake if hes playing an idol for himself, austin was immune, and she knows them well enough to know they're not voting each other. she knows jake is voting dee and austin is voting julie. her vote is the vote to force a 2-2 tie with herself and either dee or julie. if she votes dee and the vote is 2-2-1, katurah goes on the revote (austin and julie both vote dee to stay over katurah.) so she has to vote julie because in that tie she stays(austin and jake vote julie out over her). thats why i think jake is more to blame for not telling her he was playing the idol on her than she is for the final 5 vote.
2:26:25 They did allow players to chose pairs in 43 but the players chose to draw rocks