I have just finished watching the series and found myself looking forward to each episode. I don't watch reality shows because there is so little reality to them. This was gritty, tough and pushing ordinary people out of their comfort zone, and giving them a new perspective in life. The one negative thing for me was only the winners got a reward. I thought the three finalist couples could have each got something, graduated third to first in the amount.

TV personality Bear Grylls is the leader, supervisor, judge and jury for this competition show. He directs these teams of 2 to travel, build fire, eat disgusting food, and build shelter. They compete in a specific challenge to get immunity from Bear's judgment.Ultimately, Bear judges these teams as to which one is most likely not to survive. This is really subjective. That part of the show is the weakest part. It has the least meaning. Seeing the contestants struggle their way through the wilderness is much more fascinating. But the overall show isn't that compelling. It mattered very little to me who actually won the darn thing.

While I enjoy watching Bear, this show has too much of the contestants trying to win money and not enough Bear. I hope he has not canceled his other show in favor of this show. It appears that the producers may have picked some contestants that were not up to the challenge. I got a bigger kick of seeing Bear solo. It seems like he is cast a an authority figure who is charged wit fussing at the contestants. I found this less entertaining than the other show. I think it would have been more fun to watch people who are already in great shape attempt to keep up with Bear. For example it would have been fun to watch "fish out of water" people like firemen, personal trainers, and other who are already in excellent shape.

The location was magical. who would have not loved flying around in helicopters! Really enjoyed the first episode. The suspense over who was going to be thrown out was good. I was inspired by their challenges, especially the urine drinking. yuck, cant imagine whats next. Bear is as fun as ever and i glad to see him back. Looking forward to the next adventure. Beautiful setting and as cheesy as Bear is he is entertaining and inspiring in all that he does. The end of the challenge feast was enviable, but why didn't they share it. I liked the community sense of the show instead of just team vs. team. It's great to see community values being supported. I really like the father son and mother daughter teams! Looking forward to next week