Board Thread:Season Rankings/@comment-24899664-20141222121159/@comment-27391152-20170314103727

Remaining Seasons: Marquesas, Amazon, Pearl Islands, Vanuatu, Panama, China, Micronesia, Gabon, Tocantins, Heroes vs. Villains, Nicaragua (YAS THAT'S RIGHT BITCHES), Phillippines, Cagayan, San Juan Del Sur & Kaoh Rong

#15- Survivor: Panama

Panama is that one season I just don't know what to do with! I mean, it's a solid season, with one of the better casts with gems such as Terry, Cirie, Shane, Courtney, Timber Tina (GODDESS) and even Bobby who some great one-liners. I also think that this season was JAMPACKED with hilarious moments, probably one of the most of any season. From Cirie being scared of leaves to Shane not letting anyone sit on HIS ROCK(!!!) to Shane contemplating quitting over the lack of cigarettes to Aras using some sorcery thing to get tribe shelter together to Courtney creating her shrine, I mean I could go ON AND ON about all the great moments this season has (seriously, I can think of at least ten more....Bobby and Bruce drinking wine, Aras calling the "wambulance" etc.)

However, while I do love this season for its great characters and moments, when it comes to good gameplay and blindsides, this season severely lacks up until say the Final 6, which is not a good thing at all. I mean, yes, the Final 6 onwards was AMAZING with Cirie's 3-2-1 split plan and Terry threatening to give his idol to Danielle, but before that we had all the weak players going home followed by a pagonging. But still, I think the people often mark this season down for its pre-merge, which I STRONGLY oppose, considering how fun it was watching the Casaya tribe somehow decimate in challenges despite being an absolute mess back at camp (I mean the second TC they attended, 4 out of 7 people received votes somehow without a split vote).

This season is what I call a goldmine of hilarious confessionals, characters and moments, all of which I look for in a good season, earning it's spot in the Top 15. However, I feel the lack of blindsides and gameplay makes it slightly worse than the ones above it.

Note: I'm really struggling to choose between these now ARGH!

#14- Survivor: Marquesas

I was really tossing and turning between this one and the following one but I've settled on keeping Marquesas right at number 14. Alhough there's only a five-space difference between this and Africa in my rankings, I truly feel Marquesas is the best out of the First Five BY FAR. Marquesas is the definition of underrated and is perhaps the second most influential season other than Borneo.

Firstly, this season is one of those season that leaves you feeling so satisfied with how it plays out. You have the pre-merge building up Boston Rob and Sean as two hilarious guys that I'm sure, at the time, everyone was rooting for. Once the switch happens, they are swapped over to the Rotu tribe, where they are treated like absolute CRAP by the former Rotu members and are clearly depicted as the underdogs going up against the nasty power alliance run by John Carroll. Meanwhile, on Maaramu, we have the three "outcasts" of Maaramu, Paschal, Neleh and Kathy actually treat the other tribe members with respect despite having a majority. This sets the rest of the season up PERFECTLY. Once the merge hits, Rob campaigns hard against the powerful force of John, but to no avail, with evil winning out and one of our two heroes getting the boot. And just when it seems like Sean is about to follow suit, the Rotu Four get too comfortable and make it clear at the challenge who is in and who is out of their alliance. In such a poetic way, the once outcasts of the alliance decide to actually do something about it and flip to the other side, dethroning John and he rest of his alliance in one fell swoop. Like seriously, I don't think you could script this season any better than that.

So why, you may be asking, is this season only at 14? Well, simply put, I do feel that while it's great story wise, a lot of characters are neglected, primarily the Rotu Four, other than John and the eventual winner, Vecepia. I feel as though the editors were busy doing such a good job with the story, that they forget about the less important characters, with Zoe getting the first ever Purple edit. Plus, the mini-pagonging of the Rotu Four is REALLY boring and those two things mean that I cannot push it any furher. Regardless, great season overall and I just LOVE Marquesas.

#13- Survivor: San Juan Del Sur

Speaking of underrated seasons, let's jump straight to another. SAN JUAN DEL SUR! Like, there are some seasons I love that I can understand why others don't but I just NEVER understood the hate for this season. I've heard people say it was an unlikable cast, um hello? NATALIE FUCKING ANDERSON WON THE SEASON! <3 I've heard people say the winner was obvious, um what pre-merge were you watching because mine did not give Natalie any kind of winner vibes. This season is a really good season in my eyes and doesn't get the respect it deserves.

Now obviously this season isn't number one so let's talk about what DIDN'T work. The Loved Ones Battle Arena did not work. It seemed completely pointless to me and just ate up more screentime that could be going elsewhere. The editing this season was also pretty bad, with Alec, Wes, Reed and Jaclyn all being ignored pre-merge. With that being said, I can't really fault this season too much other than those two points.

Like Panama, this season was FULL of funny moments (Wes asking about Jeff acting on How I Met Your Mother, Natalie spitting on herself in a challenge, basically everything Drew did, basically everything Keith did, Jeremy undermining Drew in his confessionals etc. etc.). ALSO, we have some great moves and blindsides including John Rocker, Drew, Josh, Jeremy (which shocked me so fucking hard), Jon and Baylor. OMG, I remember the moment Natalie says "I'm playing this for Jaclyn" and Baylor and Missy's faces just drop <3 <3 <3.

Furthermore, we had such an underrated villain in Missy who although I hated with a passion, can admit she was a great character. Plus, we have a really underrated player in Reed, who was able to not only save himself at the Jeremy boot but was SO close to overthrowing the power alliance only for his plan to be RUINED by Keith. Then, of course, there's Drew who was just dynamite television in every sense of the word. This season was just an all around FUN season and needs to be appreciated more!