Board Thread:Season Rankings/@comment-24899664-20141222121159/@comment-25629305-20170408151004

Gabon <3 One thing about Gabon that I find unique is that it had suck a dark, grimy feeling. It was basically just a bunch of social outcasts teaming up to take down the team of elite, upper-class douchebags, but the catch was that the "protagonists" of the story weren't likable people either!

Sugar was a weepy, homeless, trainwreck-y pin-up model who dictated the entire outcome of the season based on random whims, Kenny's insecurities ended up manifesting themselves as a massive ego; he clearly felt that the whole game was a "revenge of the nerds"-esque storyline but this led to an unflattering amount of confidence going into the endgame. Crystal was a hilariously aggro human being with crazy delusions of grandeur, who flopped at everything she claimed to be good at (and apparently used steroids to win those gold medals that she covets so much XDD), Matty is a douchey dumb surfer bro, and apparently Susie talks far too much (though we never got to see this because the editors didn't give her any airtime :'.

All of this sounds like an indictment of these people's characters but omg it made such great TV. It could've been a basic, boring "heroes vs. villains" story arc but instead we were treated with probably THE definitive Messy Survivor Season. It had a grimy feeling that I feel is very unique in the Survivor canon, which is why I have it in my top 7 seasons <3. It didn't make it to the top 3 but I can sing nothing but praises for Gabon.