Survivor: Why Survivor Season 7 Is The Best Season Of All Time
With 41 Survivor seasons, it's difficult to choose one season that stands out as the best, but season 7 continues to resonate, 20 years after its first taping. That pivotal season is still making its mark on viewers. Pirate themes, unworthy victors, and a cast of some of the most memorable players of all time abound in season 7. Here are the reasons why it's the best Survivor season of all time.
Filmed in 2003, season 7 was at the mercy of the resurgence of pirate culture, due to the release of Disney'sPirates of the Caribbean, and Survivor was the perfect conduit for this theme. The season utilized a range of swashbuckling tactics, from the eventful opening to having the starving teams search for buried treasure that had been ruined by moisture, to the unruly antics of some cast members. Season 7 is a true adventure and the most enjoyable Survivor season to date.
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The opening episode sets a quick pace for the unfolding of one of the most interesting and well-developed narrative arcs in reality TV history. Forced to abandon ship with only the clothes on their backs, the 16 contestants were split into two tribes. There was the outgoing and democratic Drake tribe and the intense (yet physically apt) Morgan tribe. In a Survivor first, the teams were sent into a local village with very little money in order to barter items to take back with them. Rupert Boneham and Sandra Diaz-Twine stole the show, bartering throughout the town and ultimately gaining enough supplies to get their tribe through most of the season.
As the season developed, there was a clear difference in attitude in both Survivor tribes, resulting in very different arcs for the players involved. While Drake
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