Well, that was a fine enough Survivor finale, I guess.  The main problem was that it was extremely predictable.  That said, I think the Final Tribal Council was good due to the solid performances of all the finalists and Jeff Probst accidentally spoiling the fire-making challenge is one of the funniest things to ever happen on this show.

This was actually a really exciting finale, I thought. I thought all of them had a shot at winning. It was fun to have a more evenly matched group of finalists, even if I didn't think any of their games were particularly impressive.

Well, that was certainly a season of Survivor. I was really enjoying this season until the slog of the Star and Mary boots. Those were painful to sit through. I'm glad we're moving on from this season.  I'm sure they're all super nice people, but they didn't make for very compelling television a lot of the time.

Well, we've completed another season of Survivor!  I would call the finale predictable, but not boring, and I definitely find it satisfying.

This was another great episode of Survivor coming off of an all-timer last week.  I don't think the finale will be able to live up to the Final 6 and 5 eliminations.

I'm not going to lie, this finale left a bit of a bad taste in my mouth. It's a damn shame too because this season was on its way to becoming my favorite of the new era seasons, but the finale causes it to drop quite a bit.

Wow, what a roller coaster. I was honestly expecting a pretty straightforward finale without a ton of tension. While I ended up being right about the winner, there was actually a ton of tension in this episode. It was much closer strategically than I thought it would be as well as at the Final Tribal Council. I loved it and it's a great ending to an awesome season.

Now, that is more like it. Season 44 is my favorite of the post-Covid seasons. While there was a little bit of garbage from production around the merge, most of the post-merge was nice and clean, as was the finale, with the exception being the fire-making challenge.

Sigh. What the hell?! This show needs to get its editing game under control… Does the winner make sense and give a satisfying conclusion to the season? That isn't the case here and it's very frustrating.

And so we've reached the end of another season of Survivor. I do think this was a better season than 41. I think the post-merge was superior, the editing was more well rounded, and the winner had a much more satisfying arc.