The collective reception to Survivor 49 has not been great so far. There’s not as much negativity as we saw with 48, but in general, fans have been frustrated and complaining on social media. Some of those complaints, whether they be about standard New Era issues or how lifeless the extremely hot premerge was, are entirely valid and will remain valid on rewatches, but there’s another issue fans have been griping about that will be entirely solved on rewatch.
For better or for worse, the anticipation of Survivor 50 has loomed over this season like an impending long weekend. No matter what’s been going on, fans have had an eye toward the milestone season ahead and the cast of beloved returnees it’ll bring with it. More importantly, we’ve known two players from Survivor 49 were going to return for 50. Almost immediately, it was leaked that those two would be Savannah and Rizo, and that knowledge has clouded how we, as viewers, have processed several key moments involving those players.
