Stephen Thompson

This, to me, is just a fun season.

One thing, when I talk about what makes a really good season of Survivor, it often just boils down to a cast made up of fun people who play hard.

And to me, it's not that I like every member of this cast.

Several of my least favorite Survivor players of all time are on this cast.

The fact that they're kind of hoisted by their own petard over the course of this season is part of what makes it so fun.

Which is funny because I enjoy him more later as kind of workaday girl dad whose day in the office is playing Survivor.

But you don't like to see JT face planting as hard as JT face plants in this season.

That's enough out of you, coach.

Yeah.

That is a factor in a lot of all-star seasons, including season 50.

Oh, the first half of that show is impossible to watch.

The bullying in the first half of that season is like unwatchable.

If you're going to try that season, start at the merge.

Survivor is my favorite sport.

I don't know if that's true, man.

Why not wallow in your favorite sport?

And it's just interesting.

It's interesting to watch the way the show has evolved, the way society has evolved around the show, the way the show has and hasn't reflected that society.

I find it super, super interesting.

Wait until you see it.