Watching an ep that's not available to comment on but it has a theme that's throughout. Why do people get mad and criticize the number of partners that agreeably stupidly choose a bow drill, but couldn't they too had brought a fire starter?

Love the show but there are too many messages popping up on the screen. They are an annoyance and totally unneeded. Otherwise, so entertaining.

As a devout follower of the show since it started, I wholeheartedly recommend the EARLY episodes. It truly places survivalists in a challenging environment.However, it has started introducing gender biases to the challenge. First, women are always given the map (which I think is offensive and belittling to both). Second, the producers bypass genuine female survivalists for less prepared but much prettier girls. And third, the producers are selecting men that will do the hard work so their now less prepared female partners can drift behind.This change was seen by season 3 when the men coming on the show (who had the benefit of seeing the work imbalance by earlier teams) began saying that they were not carrying anyone to the finish. These cuter, but less prepared females, rightfully started tapping out or sabotaging their male partners. But instead of going back to the strong women, the show kept the prettier girls but now picks men who are willing to carry the prettier girls to the finish. I hope the show goes back to its core theme: a genuine test of skill and stamina. I also hope they bring back the strong females and equally pair the teams as they did in the beginning. As a suggestion, perhaps episodes with two women or two men could be considered. And stop giving the map always to the same gender; give them both the map.As an early fan, I wish the show the best and hope this feedback is taken as it is given, with the best of intentions and well-wishes.

I never watched this program until this year (2015) and I found myself "binge watching" most of the episodes over a couple of weekends. The show is like eating potato chips. You can't watch just one, so if you are DVR-ing, you will probably do what I did and watch perhaps four in a sitting. But I'm a skeptic, and when you watch a bunch of these in one sitting, certain patterns emerge. There's more to this show than meets the eye. In three of the episodes that I watched this weekend, someone conveniently finds an old metal pot, which is interesting because it doesn't make sense that a pot would just magically appear, like the holy grail, in the snake-infested muck of a Louisiana bayou, or in an alligator-infested river in Botswana? If you don't have access to potable water, you're not going to make it to 21 days and this is an expensive production. "Look at that! A pot! I can't believe it! Now we can boil water!" Also, it seems each person can only bring one tool for the trip, which in most cases is a knife and a fire starter. (Lol, how odd that they NEVER each bring the same thing, like, "Darn, I brought a fire starter too!! Now what are we going to do?") And while it is fun to see the scary animals lurking in the bushes, you will never see a shot of a lion or hyena in the same frame as the people. Hyenas are opportunistic feeders who select the easiest and most attractive food. Are you telling me that these two naked and unarmed humans would not be a tasty snack? How dangerous are these places, for real? Is there actually a resort a few yards away that you can't see? I mean, really, would the producers spend all that money on one episode, only to leave the participants in their little shelters at night, with no protection, and go back to their cozy campsite, only to return in the morning to find that they'd been devoured by a lion? I don't think so. I could pull off a version of this show in my own back yard, sit naked in a patch of trees between my house and my neighbor's for 21 days, digging a hole for water and catching termites, grasshoppers and squirrels to eat. You would never know my house was 20 feet in front of me. But I do like this show. In fact, I am giving it a 6 out of 10. In addition to being entertaining, it is educational and actually a fascinating concept. You can learn a lot about survival techniques from this show, and the scenery is beautiful. I just think you have to keep an open mind and take it for what it is, or isn't.