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foolm0r0n posted...

Not really, because it implies that every season needs to be as good as a top 5 one.

I'm not expecting every season to be that high quality. I am expecting every season to have more than one compelling character, and early on is when you establish a baseline.

That said, in Cagayan, what made Spencer, Tasha, and Chaos Kass compelling early on is that they were the sane people on Lose On, which was an absolutely beautiful trainwreck of a tribe. David and Garrett were both disastrous players who had already burned out and gotten the boot, but they could absolutely count too despite their lack of longevity.

The Tony/Carolyn comparison is spot on but they're both Chaotic players. Of course they stand out above all else. But there's more to it than that.

S44 has not had that. We've had:
The tragic hero Bruce, who never really got a chance to play because of unfortunate circumstance.
Maddy, who had no reason to be the first boot until she got Bigmoveitis, and was booted out of her own stupidity.
Helen, who was just kinda there.
Claire, whose one claim to fame was starting the chain reaction that destroyed Ratu by telling Matthew that Lauren was lying to him (nothing else came of that).
Sarah, who was pretty and good at describing her thoughts, but was otherwise pretty much a Spradlin wannabe.

And, as for things the players not named Carolyn have done this season, what's stood out? Danny planting the fake idol is about all I can come up with. The Matt/Frannie "showmance" is overstated and clearly not as big as the show is making it out to be. The cast isn't shining because production isn't letting them. This is what I'm trying to say, and I'm not the only one here. Cagayan was great because production allowed them to and hardly got in the way, really just with the Tyler Perry Idol being so lazily hidden, and that let the cast stand out from early on.

I'm expecting each season of Survivor to have multiple standout players and for me to start noticing people through four episodes. I've hardly noticed anyone so far due to the focus on advantages and twists, which is starting to get monotonous seeing as that's every season in this "New Era."