[Green Monster]

Agree with the poster above, re Gabon. Great setting for a great season. Along with Marquasas, Amazon, Vanuatu & China is one of the seasons I can put on anytime and will never get bored of it. I def love other seasons also, but those 5 I would say have watched at least 5/6 times each.

Have done so many rewatches of seasons over the years, well pre-Hantz era ones at least. Think all of the first 18 seasons I've watched at least twice since it's original airing, with the exception of Fiji - have only managed to drag myself back to watch that once since, lol.

Have had the pleasure of chatting with Susie Smith a couple of times from that season and she is such a genuinely nice lady.

Have only ever rewatched one season in the post Russell H era. And that was literally only just finished about a week ago: S25 Phillippines.

I always quite liked the season at the time, but as time went on I wanted to see if it stood up as genuinely good or if it was just a case of it seeming to be a good season because it came hot on the heels of 3/4 seasons of absolute crap, esp Redip**** Island, SP & OW. After all, anything that would follow those 3 seasons was going to seem good in comparison, but would it stack up over time?

My conclusion: yes!

It is a very solid and entertaining season from start to finish, with some terrific characters, ranging from the maddening to the insightful, well constructed storyarcs and (comparitively speaking in terms of modern Survivor) was well edited. One of the few seasons in the past 5/6 years that has been put together with craft and a bit of love.

Definitely worth the rewatch.