So, the two hour opener seemed to just fly by for me. Yes, they had a whole lot of the traditional stuff, from how it seems all the Immunity challenges are obstacle course followed by solve a puzzle down to Probst reciting his long standardized lines.
OTOH, so far many of the cast seem like they could be interesting, and new/unexpected happenings and twists happened every ten minutes or so. Like the one guy nearly bashing his brains out less than ten minutes in, and another nearly destroying himself just goofing around because he’s so happy to be there. And just when we thought they were doing that already old feeling ‘send three people off to hopefully bond between tribes’ they twisted the payoff wonderfully. You could lose not just one, but two TC votes! Or win a totally new type of advantage … and this on top of a second completely new advantage type … or even lose a vote and then win the advantage as well!
Of course, some things never change. Do they deliberately seek out Black contestants who can’t swim?
Any way, I though it was the best opening episode they’ve had in a long time. Anyone else?