Good show, but really not exciting new tidbits. Good to see everyone looking clean and happy. I would have enjoyed a little more in depth type interviews, instead this turned into a puff piece.

I was down on Desmond about tapping without an actual bear sighting, but his story of a charging bear rang true. I thought having the host ask why he didn't have that on video was a good way to allow Desmond to answer that question without making him sound defensive. My first reaction to the charging bear story was why no video. The narrator's joke about a contract clause saying contestant's were required to film if being eaten was a good way to remind me that if a contestant is startled by a bear, his first thought would not be filming the encounter.

I noticed after all the controversy about why Tracy tapped - reaction to bears wanting to share her shelter or because of medical advise - not one word about her shoulder surgery. (Yes, I wondered about her being barefoot, too.)

The additional footage of MK's injury/treatment was good, but I would have liked to see her reaction when she watched the tape. She told us she wanted to watch the tape to see if she was doing, but then her segment ended before heard her reaction. Hoping she continues to regain more strength and movement in her thumb.

Nothing new from Mike and Justin. Mike told us he did a lot of stuff not shown on the show, but that was pretty much a given as suddenly he was have several things to show us, and I always wondered if there wasn't more we never saw.

My opinion of Jose is, what a disappointment. The early episodes were all about why no Jose, then what an amazingly skilled guy, look at the kayak he's building, still building, still building, ah finally finished but no salmon. Then did he get really dunked (I thought no and was wrong). Don't think he's being honest about his tap, I think it was 90% hunger. Not happy that he's insisting it was all about being tipped, but think he might believe it because of his ego. So, guess I should say I question if he's being honest with himself.

Nicole was her normal happy self. Maybe it's because I've read the ads of her seminar, but my opinion of her has dipped. Impression is that it was hers to win, but she was never really motivated.

Larry is much more likable when he's not starving. He should be on one those commercials where someone is told to eat a Snickers. I like his explanation of just setting the camera and letting it all out without stopping to think about what viewers would think. I really don't think he would have a big problem with being #2. Oh, I think there would have been some cussing and wishing he held out a little longer, but I think he knew he was done. And, seeing David catching fish two days after Larry tapped, I think he would have accepted that David deserved the win (but he might want a rematch).

Didn't get much from David's segment. Obviously the moment when he saw his daughter and realized he had won was emotional, but really nothing new about the island.

Like I said at the beginning, a good show but nothing new, and leaves lots of unanswered question. I agree that I would have enjoyed a two hour reunion show, where more viewer questions were answered. Off hand I can only remember maybe two viewer questions, and the ones that were asked seemed to be picked so to allow individuals to say things they wanted to talk about. I don't know if I believe it was scripted, but I definitely think they knew what was going to be talked about before hand. I would have liked to see what would have come out if there had been no host. Well, as I recall they tried last season with just getting 3 or 4 guys onscreen who asked each other questions and sometimes got off topic. To me that was better, but needed more structure to keep things on track. So maybe assign the hosting to one of the contestants, probably the winner, David. He was pretty reserved and taciturn during the show, but with his background he should be able to handle the hosting duties. I'm thinking of more a moderator, holding a stack of 3x5 cards with viewer questions. It would need to be someone who could keep the discussion ontrack, and an ex-minister should have no trouble. I have no doubt Alan could do a good job, but they may not want to open the obvious comparison between seasons.

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