It took several episodes; at least half way before I warmed to the characters and felt like I couldn't miss watching it to see what would happen to them.Each episode contained elements that looked as though they had to mean something, but most of these turned out to be loose threads, which was very unsatisfying.It's hard to believe that any viewer actually thought this was a genuine reality show, because the acting was so wooden from everyone until they began to relax after the series was more than half over - the final few episodes are definitely the best. Initially though all the actors were trying so hard to be 'noraml' and not to act in their attempt to seem like regular people that they over-played it, so the show came across as an obvious fake from the start.However, this didn't spoil it for me, because the concept and the sense of impending peril combined with the continuous addition of unexpected elements, plus every character having hidden flaws that would occasionally be revealed made the show very compelling and interesting.The fact that it ended so abruptly was terrible. I hate it when a series doesn't return for a new season - this one was surely worth the money - it's much better than Lost and many other similar shows.

I was really excited about these series after I watched the first episode. If people think it was real you should have been really dumb because after the first episode finished you should have been able to figure that out. The episodes that followed were above my expectations, they were actually pretty good.I found it amusing and exciting. I ended up watching all episodes in 1 day to be confronted with harsh truth that it has a horrible ending. I am not sure if they want to make another season of this show but I hope they aren't going to do that.There should just be an episode 12 where the pieces get put together. Know when to stop, because if they are trying to make the TV series longer they will completely destroy the series for me.With a good episode 12 being there I would give the series a solid 7.5

Excellent series. I am a reality show watcher. Hubby is not. BUT I may say that we both are hooked. We watch series after series on HULU.Addicted...I agree that is similar to LOST. With the suspense of having something "out there in the forest" nipping off people slowly. The strange horn from the box sound similar to the LOST siren. I can't seem to tell who is a contestant and who is an actor. Are the injuries real? Is the hunting real? What is going on people....I do not want to watch ahead with out the family. I even have my mom hooked. The suspense and the edge of the seat moments are priceless. I happened to stumble upon this series because it automatically began playing after I watched the end of another series on HULU. If anyone has any other suggestions, let me know. Thank you.

I have never seen such a poorly written show in a long time, It reminds me of the Blair witch trial movie, poorly filmed, acted and a waste of time...I sure hope this show is canceled and fast....How incredibly stupid, the injuries are so unbelievable, The one girl got a spike through her leg but she's still hanging on????? Yeh right, that would have hit a major artery, shattered the bone and bleed profusely. If it was a nuclear blast so close then all would have died, or at least heard the blast, the acting is deplorable, this is in no way compares to survivor show that it stated it would upset. Hopefully the producers of this show will realize what a bomb it is and take it off the airwaves before the public actually sinks to watching such a poorly written produced, filmed show. The one positive is at times the scenery is cool.