Stars on Mars proves Marshawn Lynch is the very best reality star

polygon.com:

The premise of Stars on Mars, which premiered June 5 on Fox, is very simple: Celebrities go to space camp. The longer explanation is that it’s a reality show where 12 celebrities pretend they’re on Mars for 24 days and compete to see who the strongest, bravest, brightest, and most competent crew member is, earning the title of “Brightest Star of the Galaxy.”

Stars on Mars’ celeb cast is a hodgepodge of fairly notable names, who all get introduced as they arrive in the airlock to the base, as they try to make sense of the new digs and the HAL 9000-like “AI” who’s hosting them. It’s standard meet-and-greet reality show stuff.

But Marshawn Lynch needs no such introduction. He shows up bouncing along on a Mars rover with former Seahawks teammate Richard Sherman, the only paired introduction on the show. While Sherman has been working as an analyst for Prime Video’s football coverage, it’s Lynch who seems to be the clear star of the moment. Everyone else’s talking-head interviews illustrate what they’re thinking about the show: Sherm says he’s glad to have a teammate; Modern Family star Ariel Winter says she wants to get more comfortable playing herself. Lynch’s segments are pure commentary gold.

He’s upset about the bed situation (“Yeah, the sleeping arrangements on Mars nasty as fuck”). He’s ready to step up as base commander and rescue the stranded 12th mate (“We gotta send a team out there… It might be Beyoncé,” he sagely notes). Even outside the cutaways, Lynch is always good to hit a comedic beat, whether it’s ragging on Lance Armstrong for not being a real athlete — because cycling is easy, in Marshawn’s book — or just passing out in his private commander’s quarters.

For those following Lynch’s post-NFL career,