RECAP: Survivor - "Young at Heart"

I have kind of a weird relationship with Survivor. On the one hand, I can't honestly say that I actually like the show. The contestants are often irritating and/or terrible, and the producers are notorious for manipulating the footage to tell whatever story they want to tell, regardless of what is actually happening (i.e. Russell Hantz being portrayed as some sort of diabolical genius when in reality he's just a bully with a terrible social game who happened to find a large number of poorly hidden Immunity Idols). However, the production values, combined with pretty consistently entertaining challenges and gorgeous locations keep me coming back. This season appears to be no different, as the contestants seem like they're probably going to piss me off quite a bit, while the challenges (if the first one is any indication) will be as exciting as ever. The full recap is after the jump.

REVIEW: Survivor Finale

Although I haven't been recapping this season of Survivor, I've been following it since the beginning, and after last night's finale I decided to write a review of the season as a whole. A bit of background information on the season before I discuss the finale: This season was titled "Heroes vs. Villains," and featured a cast of 20 former contestants, divided into two tribes of 10, named the Heroes and the Villains, respectively. The cast featured such famous Survivors as Boston Rob Mariano, Parvati Shallow, James Clement, and Rupert Boneham. The wild card this season, however, was Russell Hantz. Although Russell was the main Villain of season 19, none of the other contestants were aware of this fact, as season 19 hadn't aired before season 20 began production. In fact, this gave Russell a pretty significant advantage, as none of the other contestants knew anything about him or his gameplay (although there were rumours that Parvati had received some insider information about him prior to the season). Read on for a more thorough review.