Survivor Season 30, episodes 1-5

I'm feeling fairly solid at this point.  I haven't yet seen some obviously incompetent  defeat some more obviously capable person.

Episode 1, So Kim and Joaquin proved to be untrustable (hopefully permanently) and So got sent home.
Episode 2, Vince showed too much attachment, plus or minus, and repelled a number of others.
Episode 3, Nina tried too hard to play the victim.  She may not realize that she's playing that role.  She got voted out, and may finally realize that it was because she played a role that was unwanted.
Episode 4, Meh.  Lindsey got removed.  I didn't hate her, but I didn't love her.
Episode 5, Max was a bit of a weirdo.  Things were in a considerable bit of flux.  The instability he represented was something that others had a responsibility to redact.

I can hope that the rest of the season makes sense.  But after last season, I'm trying to restrain my hopes.  Last season really poisoned me on the series.

Survivor 29, apathy

This is a first.  In general, I enjoy Survivor (the TV series).  In spite of how much I hate the direction that a season is going (including knowing where a season is going because it has already aired), I tend to follow it.
This season is an exception.  Midway through the finale episode, Keith was voted out.  OK.  That happens.  ... The problem is that the three jerks (I'm trying to be kind) that were left were all people that I care nothing about.
I aborted out of the episode (seriously, I did) because one of the three a-holes will get the $1m.  I don't care at all which a-hole it is.  I don't care about the great dramatic BS that the Survivor crew bothered to put them through to make it look like they earned it.  I proactively don't care.
None of them deserve it.  They voted off the one guy that did.

Screw this season finale.  I won't watch.
Screw the reunion.  I don't care.

What's worse, this season has poisoned my interest in following seasons.
Oh well, I've got better things to do anyway....

Survivor, sigh

After 29x05 and 29x06, my heart is kind of not in Survivor so much.  Missy and Baylor are such toxic people for whatever tribe they're in.  Missy is blissfully unaware of her wastefulness, which is what drew Dale's attention and dislike.  Baylor is suck a wishy-washy little mouse.  But somehow the two of them managed to get Dale's daughter and then Dale voted out.  [sigh]  I don't know how the other people can be so oblivious to not see that they're making a horrible mistake keeping those parasites around.

Now in 29x07, there's the "trail mix fiasco", which translates to "eat the rich" narrative. [sigh]

I think the only three people I really even liked left in the game were Keith, Wes, and Julie.  All the other ones just have this coating of sleaze on them.  I'm kind of disappointed that Julie quit.  But, I can't blame her.  The general sleaziness of most of the rest of the tribe is something I wouldn't want to willingly deal with either.

29x08  [sigh]  "War on women" narrative, anyone?  Give it a friggin' rest.

When Wes and Keith go, I may not have a whole lot more reason to watch because I don't particularly "care about the characters" anymore.