Survivor: Season 42 Episode 2 Review

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The following contains spoilers for episode 2 of Survivor Season 42.The early game of Survivor is always such an interesting beast, as the show is still trying to balance interesting television with the inherent exposition of introducing a new cast of characters and twists to the audience. Basically, the first few episodes always take some getting used to, because each season usually has a somewhat unique vibe that the different castaways bring to the table, and it can take a moment for the audience to get comfortable with it and feel like the game has fully begun. Season 42 is still in that awkward transitional period that every season starts with, but luckily this season is shaping up to be a promising one, and not even the stilted early game can detract from that.

Since this season was filmed back-to-back with Season 41, there was no way for the producers to know how people would react to that season, meaning that some of the game elements that fans didn't take well to in Season 41 might still be present in this season. However, it seems like they are still able to use the editing to their advantage and play more to the audience that way, because Season 42 is much less advantage-focused and seems to be centering itself more on the players and the fun moments between them.

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A lot of Survivor fans complained that Season 41 was too focused on idols and advantages, which led to other strategy talk and player interactions getting tossed to the wayside. This season, however, it seems like the narrative focus is much more on the players and their interactions at camp right from the get-go. Only two episodes in and it feels like the audience is being given