When I heard that Naked and Afraid was mixing up its magic formula of “2 people, 21 days, no clothes,” to “12 people, 40 days, no clothes,” I was both worried and thrilled.
Of course, my worry was that for the last 4 seasons, an ominous narrator has warned us that the human body can survive for only 21 days without food, so I’ve always felt pretty confident that even if the survivalists catch nada, they’re probably not going to die. But now that the length of stay has been almost doubled, they’d better catch a lot more food or someone’s going to get eaten.
But of course I’m excited to see characters people that we’ve grown to love (and love to hate) return for a second experience.
The promos have said, “These 12 survivalists have survived the Everest of adventures,” but one has failed her 21-day survival challenge (*cough* Honora).
On to Colombia! (Notice how I spelled it right this time? You can teach an old dog new tricks!) We’ve been to Colombia before, but the Oranoco river basin is a whole new kind of hell. It’s a diverse place plopped right near the equator. And the daytime temperatures can reach and extra-toasty 120 degrees. And since it’s Colombia, there are snakes, caiman, and biting bugs galore. Yay for biting bugs!!!
A local expert muses that the survivalists may be able to survive for 15-20 days, and thinks that most of them will tap out. Let’s see if he’s right (I’d love to let’s see an episode of Naked and Afraid with native/aboriginal people who show us how to thrive in an environment.)
The survivalists begin their experiences alone, although some are dumped inserted close to others, while others must search to find their teammates. The 12 participants are divided into four specific areas, which are in close proximity to each other. Perhaps they’ll eventually find each other, and maybe they won’t … that’s part of the fun.
Jeff, Hakim and EJ begin their journeys in Roca Diablo (Devil Rocks), in a barren area covered with volcanic mountains. These three alpha males are some of the past participants who seemed to relish their Naked and Afraid experience the most. Any of these men would make fascinating hosts of a wilderness survival TV show.
Jeff and Hakim quickly run into each other (The show has really upped their blurring skills this season) and are pumped. They’ve become pals outside of the show and is pleasantly surprised to see their partner is a man.
Don’t worry fellas, there are more surprises in store for you.
EJ prances around on the fiery lava rocks too and makes short work of a barrel cactus to get a bit of early moisture. It’s not long before Jeff and Hakim spot EJ doing naked recon atop a mountain and the three are giving each other giddy, naked, bro-hugs. “Three heads are better than one” says EJ. I might add, so are three fannies.
Five miles away, in Rio Negro (Black River), Laura, Eva and Dani are scattered amongst the scrubby desert. Eva and Laura are thrilled to see each other; they’re pals too. The elite survival community is small, and the Naked and Afraid circle of alumni is pretty right, so it’s likely that most of them know or know of each other.
For the first time, we hear about survival items. I had asked Naked and Afraid’s casting director how survival items were going to work in XL and she demurred. So now, here’s the low-down: each participant has chosen one survival item, and is given a machete and a map. I’ll keep a running list of the items below.
Meanwhile, Dani is lost and wandering through the scrubland alone.
A few miles away, is the swampy jungle of Cano Verde (Green Canyon) where Jesus’ foxy-twin Luke, Fisherman Chris and Super-sleuth Honora may or may not find each other. Honora and Chris find each other and Luke joins them a short time later. Chris isn’t about to let Honora ride his coattails, so she’d better prove that she can hang and not fry herself in the sun like an ant under a magnifying glass (‘cause she brought one to Brazil).
Miles away in El Bosque (The Forest), bad-ass Alana, EMT Danielle and Insane in the membrane Shane amble towards each other. Danielle and Shane meet up and already; Shane is at odds with his partner (but looking extra-buff and tan)! Alana arrives a short time later. Of the four groups, they have the most initial tension.
Now that we’ve met everyone, let’s get down to brass tacks.
Night 1
In El Bosque, it’s hot. And buggy.
Loner Dani hears crazy stuff. “If that’s an anaconda, I’m going to lose my sh!t!” Me too Dani!!
Day 2
Dani is alive! But her face is massively swollen, which makes me think that her mosquito netting may have a few extra holes in it. Smarty heads to the reliable SalveDio tree, and hacks a chunk of the medicinal bark to soothe her peeper.
Over in Rio Negro, there are many bugs. Eva’s fanny has been feasted upon by buggers and she and Dani want to find a better campsite and a better source of fresh water.
In El Bosque, Shane is hard at work chopping a shelter while Alana and Danielle rest in the oppressive heat. Remember how Shane was a sexist jerk in season 1? He hasn’t changed. But, he also seems like he’s prowling for some lady-love. And may be truly unstable. He says “I like people … but I don’t like the human race,” which doesn’t make sense to me and he also boasts that he’s thiiiiiiis close to being a serial killer. “Gulp!” thinks his two partners.
The alpha males in Roca Diablo are sweltering and look for a place to get cool and build shelter. They build shelters like a boss, but quickly get dehydrated and Hakim suffers from massive cramps.
Juke, Chris and Honora catch, cook and share a cockroach and a lizard, which is the first protein we’ve seen anyone catch. Mmmm.
Day 3
Laura and Eva decide to drink water from the murky river. So they try to make fire with Laura’s Bow drill kit. It isn’t long before Eva slashes her finger down to the bone and after two hours without the bleeding stopping, medics come in. Eva needs sutures, but she can either get stitches without anesthesia or quit the experience and head to a hospital. Tough-ass Eva opts for field surgery and takes the sutures with nary a wine. But now she has to keep her wound clean, because an infection could cost her a finger … or worse.
Dani is still alone and digs a Gypsy well to get water. Basically she digs a hole and is going to drink anything that seeps in, which means it’s clean-ish. She crosses her fingers and takes a sip.
Hakim is still cramping and EJ is horribly sunburnt. Why is he already peeling so badly? Hakim is thinking about tapping out, but Jeff tells him to wait for 24 hours and se how he feels. Jeff hopes that he won’t regret his advice.
Danielle has a fever and is sick. She needs food and Shane abandons his wood chopping obsession to try to get his team some nourishment. He climbs the world’s most flimsy tree (uh dude, put your wood chipping skills to work here!) and promptly falls out, crashing to the forest floor below. Cut to black, insert agonized moan and cue commercial. Curse you TV!
New to Naked and Afraid XL is the XLR, the survival rating of the team, which will adjust as the teams find success and failure. At the start of the adventure:
EJ, Jeff, Hakim merit a 7.9 out of 10.0
Eva, Laura, Dani are granted a 8.2 our of 10.0
Danielle, Alana, Shane measure a 7.6 out of 10.0
Luke, Chris, Honora tally a 7.8 out of 10.0
Back to the show and back to Shane. He’s not hurt, (thank goodness!) and I wonder if Naked and Afraid did a bit of TV trickery and used his moan from when he rolled down a hill and broke a few toes in Season 1, Episode 1. Shane takes a moment to pray for divine assistance and he’s able to climb up and get the fruit to help his partners. Which is really kind, but then he gets a little strange again by telling his partners “I’m going to go play with my bow.” Shane is such a tough person to figure out. There’s a heart somewhere inside that chest-full of bitterness. And, Danielle was super ungrateful when Shane brought them mangos, which I hope is just a temporary fever of bitchiness.
Day 4
Hakim still feels like garbage and is suffering from heat exhaustion. He makes the difficult decision to tap out of the survival experience, for the sake of his long-term health. I feel bad for Hakim, especially because although he’s in excruciating pain, they force him to ride out in the bed of a bouncy pickup. Can’t he sit in front, or get a helicopter medivac?
Survival Stuff
Jeff: Unknown
Hakim: Magic ninja blade
EJ: Unknown
Laura: Bow Drill kit
Eva: Pot
Dani: Mosquito net
Luke: Unknown
Chris: Unknown
Honora: Unknown
Danielle: Unknown
Alana: Unknown
Shane: Bow & Arrows
E.j. Jeff, Daniel and Shan are the best all the other all they do is just lay on there backsides and use every body ears.
I just watched for a couple hours tonight. This is so interesting and I am learning alot about survival skills and how people treat each other. There is the Good, The Bad and the Ugly! The Good goes to Jeff and EJ all the way around. THREE times they shared their eel with everyone in the camp after getting electrocuted several times each time they killed the eel! Also, big Kudos to Shane for his survival skills by digging their well and helping set up camp. The Bad and Ugly goes to the entire camp when they didn’t even offer EJ a bite of their stingray after he shared half of the eel with the group TWICE ( at that point). But the extra ugly is the way they talk about Dani and there wasn’t one person in that group that encouraged her… Crazy. I don’t know how it ends but I would love to see Jeff or EJ win it all!
I think that the two girls that left Shane laying there not checking on him be kick off the show. And the other girls except dani they are all laying around doing nothing. They are all just using Jeff ,EJ to get there food for them.
I just watched the August 24th show and i can’t believe what spinless pieces of shit that group was to treat Dani that way, that Alana is queen of talking behind ur back skanks, typical lazy women that don’t do nothing but talk about other people, should spent more time hunting than shooting off thier lazy big mouths. Jeff has been dragging thier sorry asses and what a poor excuse of 2 pieces of shit guys that are so dumb they can’t even feed themself’ves, what a poor excuse of human beings, they deserve to starve, and Jeff please don’t give those poor excuses of human matter any more food, they will starve without you.
Honora’s Actions are clearly Bi Polar. She should have been checked more closely after her first attempt. Get he some help!
I definitely agree with Rick about Honora being Bi-polar. In her manic phase while in Brazil, she worked herself into exhaustion. In her depressive stage in Columbia, she acted like a spoiled 3 year old. When Luke tried to help her she wouldn’t even listen to him. Despite her “issues”, I like her. She’s intelligent, has good outdoors-woman credentials, and is a rock climber. Manic -depressive condition can ruin someone’s life, and it can be managed with medication
I have no survival skills but it strikes me as illogical the strategy Alana and Dani are employing for this 40 day ordeal. I assume (off camera) that they are getting food and water, but only the bare minimal. given how precarious to find food do they really think they can survive by living off their “stored (body fat) reserves?” As for Shane, quit worrying about what others think of you. Leave your group and join up with the Jeff and EJ. If Alana and Dani also join, there is nothing you can do about it, but at least you have two other persons who share your strategy.
Honora is mentally unstable. She has exhibited delusions of grandeur and delusions of persecution. These are symptoms of possible bipolar disorder, or perhaps even shizophrenia. She should not be considered a safe candidate for survival programs such as this. Thank goodness she tapped out tonight. It has been painful to observe her making a fool of herself. A much healthier survival competition will continue without her presence. Honora, please seek medical attention. There are meds to make the pain go away!
Alana, sorry there is no magic pill to make your nastiness go away. You just need to work on yourself and try to be a nicer person.
Discovery Channel; Please give Honora her Meds!
Honora’s a stupid fucking cunt. She should never have been on the show. She was the only one who never completed the 21 day challenge and was a big stupid bitch on that episode. She says she came back to redeem herself but made herself look even worse. She’s a crazy adult child who mommy and daddy spoiled and babied and now has no idea how to behave around adults. They should’ve taken turns beating her ass bloody, after she threw their survival tools in the water.
Sometimes cunt is the only word that fits.
Go blow a coconut.. superwoman. OR, go cash your check.. chix will end up with guys, WATCH.
Dani J. is Superwoman! no question about it.
Yeah, till she’s hungry. My left leg says those ‘supergirls’ will attach themselves to the two guys who FINALLY got rid of Chica loca. Sickening how this happens over and over. There us a reason men die faster! Human leeches with drama and whiney voices that drive men INSANE, like poor Shane dude.. Hope he makes it WITHOUT ASKING for help from anyone. Now that Alana is gone he’ll be fine! Watch… chix..
What IS a ‘super woman’ there jc? Just curious if what your definition of said creature is? Can you help us with larger supra orbital ridges?
She adapts and overcomes, which is not just a feminine trait. men can do it too. I like the supra orbital ridges. LOL
Eva is one tough woman. No squeals and moans during the suturing, wow. Laura seemed to be suffering more than Eva. Laura has compassion.
Yeah. I think it’s killing the editors that the all women group has no drama at all. They got the least time out of all four groups in the second episode and the most damning thing anyone had to say about anyone else was Eva questioning Dani’s fortitude after she got squeamish about eating worms.
More thoughtful comments from Matt. Watching these shows proves that women survive and we men make a lot of noise over the smallest success. Witness Jeff’s demonstration after catching a small fish when his time would be better spent to continue fishing. Left on our own, we men would just hunt, fish and kill each other competing for the women. “The northern hemisphere wild type” as classified by archaeologists.
Yeah. Jeff didn’t impress me nearly as much as Eva on their episode together. Two weeks and the “big game hunter” didn’t do as well as Eva did at catching food with his bare hands. He burned what animals she caught and then burned down their camp when he built a smoker.
I wonder if his wife has taught Jeff how to make toast. LOL
1) Discovery is intentionally inflicting the participants with other participants’ bad behavior and is intentionally emphasizing and exploiting their conflict for dramatic effect.
2) Honora did bad things but Chris started it by contemptuously throwing her hard-won mango on the ground and by telling her to tap out. He was a real nightmare in his first 21-day episode also and I’m glad Honora was there to pee in his cornflakes in the 40-day episode. I hope Chris doesn’t make it.
3) Honora is really awful but I bet the Discovery producers are thrilled to death that she is giving their show some drama. They probably intentionally put her in that situation with Chris to see who would explode. I just feel sorry for the other guy with them.
It was NOT a mango it was an inedible look alike that can be poison. Chris tested it with his tongue,tossed it and told her he would not recommend eating it. She was wrong and went into a temper tantrum.
I do love the double standard I’ve seen in the fandom.
Shane risks his neck to get fruit that turns out to be inedible and his teammates criticize him – Grrr. ungrateful spoiled girls. They should be glad he’s trying to help!
Honora risks her neck to get fruit that turns out to be inedible and her teammates criticize her – Bah! Stupid woman. She should listen to the real men and stay in the kitchen or bedroom!
Just saying.
She exploded on Luke also and threw away his survival gear too.
Yeah. I won’t excuse Honora anything did but Chris clearly started it at the beginning when he said he viewed Honora as a liability to be overcome rather than an equal partner and did his usual “he-man woman-hater” act about how lucky she was to have him and Luke looking out for her. Accurate as that might be, the dude knew she was easily upset and went out of his way to keep poking at her.
The only person I have any sympathy for in that situation is Luke. Thankfully, a clip from the preview showed him sitting with the all-women group, so maybe he escapes to better, saner company.
Amen.
I don’t think Chris is a woman hater. He says he is a mama’s boy. He is definitely a loner and he does things his way. At no time have we been shown any clips of Chris insisting that partners do things his way. He does refuse to personally do things their way if he doesn’t like the risks. Remember he makes his living outdoors as a commercial fisherman and knows the vagaries of mistakes in mother nature’s realm. Chris has more real life outdoor experience
than most, I will bow to his experience.
Fake name. Wishing and hoping ill for others is hate and you discredit yourself.
Honora is mentally unstable. She has exhibited delusions of grandeur and delusions of persecution. These are symptoms of possible bipolar disorder, or perhaps even shizophrenia. She should not be considered a safe candidate for survival programs such as this. Thank goodness she tapped out tonight. It has been painful to observe her making a fool of herself. A much healthier survival competition will continue without her presence. Honora, please seek medical attention. There are meds to make the pain go away!
Alana, sorry there is no magic pill to make your nastiness go away. You just need to work on yourself and try to be a nicer person.
The all girls group did great to me and there hot they survivors
Yeah. I think it’s killing all the he-man types that the group that is doing the best and having the least arguing is the all-women group. I’ve seen them chomping at the bit on other forums about how it’s only a matter of time before the women are all at one another’s throats. Cry me a river, boys.
I dont like hinora she a little kid she look like she got mental problem s when she pulling her hair looking for the knife they should eat her if they get real hungery
What pyschologist or pychiatrist decided hunure was capable of repeating?
These ppl r in survvival circumstances. Discovery should be SUED for teaming her with other viable candidates. Poor liitle rich girl… If this choice was for ratings u have proved once again, television SUCKS.
I really enjoyed this show until honeru showed up again, and I HATE the uncensored pieces. If they were that good? You would have showed them the first time.
For Shame discovery channel!
Yeah. I looked at Honora’s social media and she has a service dog due to her mental issues. And they don’t just give those out to people who THINK they’re mentally unstable. There’s no way she should have been cleared for this show.
The dynamics of mixed gender trios seem troubled:
Alana and Shane: he gets fruit and she disparages his efforts as uncharacteristically “playing nice.” Alana denies her teammates food by releasing the female* turtle: wow! A major meal! Unacceptable.
Honora: where to begin? How was this woman included after the terrible display of immaturity in Brazil? Sabotaging Chris and Luke, astonishingly selfish and endangering. Such a fragile psyche, a walking DSM V (ab psych).
Contrast with the same-gender groups’ interactions: working well, sharing, good vibes. And despite Hakim’s loss, both groups are thriving, unlike the gender-disparate difficulties.
Is the problem just individual personalities, or is that enhanced by gender expectations in these otw skilled survivalists?
Good direction to take the show!
I was sorry for her teammates but I laughed REALLY HARD every time she went nuts and decided to throw something in the river.
Thanks for doing these reviews!
Wow, I just watched episode 2 and Shane and Honora have serious mental instability. Throwing away your team’s survival tools, HOW INSANE IS THAT?
U just repeated what I tried to type 6 times, each time being booted off….
What a psycho!
I personally havve NO prblems with Shane, that wicked witch on his team “rode the coattails” of her last partner to get to the end…How could u be so blind?
I am not blind to the fact that Dani B survived because of the labors of Charlie F. Alana rode no one’s coattails.
J.C.
I agree and acknowledge
Dunno how you can call Dani B. a wicked witch. She was sweet and nice, though somewhat naive and inexperienced. But she deferred to her partner’s skills when they were superior, contributed what she could with her plant lore and even put aside her vegetarian beliefs to catch him a frog when he was feeling too ill to hunt.
Now, I’ve seen the “witch” label applied to Alana, but there is no way you can say she rode her partner’s coattails when she survived over half of her challenge without him. Additionally, if you look at some of the uncensored footage of her original episode on the Discovery website (a search for “survivalist home decor” should bring it up), you’ll see a clip that didn’t make it into the regular episode, where you’ll see that her partner…
A) fell asleep on watch after saying he’d stay up to watch the fire
B) tried to blame her, saying “Woman it was your fire!”
C) spent the next day trying to make furniture instead of looking for food & water, repairing the shelter or making another fire.
Given that, I think Alana”s combative attitude with her first partner was more than justified and she was better off without him. And you can see her thinking “Oh no, not again” in the first episode when Shane starts cutting down trees for no reason other than to keep busy = something her first partner also did.
After watching tonights episode I do not see how Honora passed any mental test required to be on the show. There are no words to describe her. How those men didn’t drown her in the river is beyond me.
Meg I totally agree.
I threw my remote at the tv when she sabotaged the team.
I don’t want to be a spoiler but look forward to other viewers comments.
Didn’t the series initially say that the participants had all survived their initial 21 days?
Honora is mentally unstable. She has exhibited delusions of grandeur and delusions of persecution. These are symptoms of possible bipolar disorder, or perhaps even shizophrenia. She should not be considered a safe candidate for survival programs such as this. Thank goodness she tapped out tonight. It has been painful to observe her making a fool of herself. A much healthier survival competition will continue without her presence. Honora, please seek medical attention. There are meds to make the pain go away!
Alana, sorry there is no magic pill to make your nastiness go away. You just need to work on yourself and try to be a nicer person.
Once again I must agree. I am especially frustrated since I literally tried to post my own comment SIX times, being bumped off eah time. Apparently someone doesnt like being questioned…
Here is my question, would YOU send YOUR loved one off with that wack job?
Is this for ratings or what? Easy answer for me, I WILL just stop watching.
It is called a 5150 and she is a danger to herself and others. Discovery has a responsibility in this.
I am angry and disappointed
The “Alpha Male Trio” of EJ, Jeff, and Hakim seemed thrilled not to have any of those “pesky women” on their team. But then they have to go all He-man and work on a crazy big structure in that crazy 106 degree heat instead of finding clean water. I think Hakim wanted to look for water much earlier but didn’t want to argue with his buddies. They could have used a woman to suggest they take a break or reevaluate their priorities like Alana and Dani did with Shane. Maybe Hakim would have made it then.
Good comment! Women keep us semi-civilized.
Hakim did a Q&A on-line the Monday after the show where he revealed that it turned out the problem had nothing to do with water and everything to do with his electroyte-balance being out-of-wack. He also reassured everyone that Jeff and E.J. did help him out and that their finding water just wasn’t shown on camera.
That seems to be a big problem with the new series. The editing and narration are leaving out vital information, like how Dani and Alana aren’t being lazy – they’re practicing the smart survival technique of not expending energy during the hottest part of the day.
Thanks for the research. Hakkim is a body builder with all that useless “looks” muscle which requires lots of vitamin and mineral supplements to maintain them. A little dehydration and the heat assured his body chemistry malfunctioned and he was finished. He did not learn from his martial arts training. He was in better shape for survival when he left India (his first challenge) than when he started.
You are 100% right. All three making such a novice mistake was a bit far-fetched and i have to believe that something personal arose requiring him to tap out and return to the states.
It seemed like they didnt start looking for water until Hakim left they could have brought some back
Kellie Freeze!
I love your reviews of this show. I do so wish there were more.
I pretty much watch it in hope of you reviewing it.
Thanks! I really appreciate your comment! I was out of the country for Episode 2, so I’m trying to catch up as quickly as I can!
The fruit Shane harvested was said to be mango which is not poisonous. If it is something else the editors should have told the viewers so. Dani was ungrateful for his efforts on her behalf. Shane still suffers from senseless babbling syndrome. However, Shane is a very hard worker and knows what he is doing on survival skills. Except for criticism, what does Alana do?
The team of Luke (super nice guy), Chris (tough cookie) and Honora could be titled DUDES YOU ARE SCREWED.
The editors seem to be slacking off on the job this time around or intentionally trying to make certain survivors look bad. As I mentioned above, they didn’t mention that The All-Male group DID have water and what was causing Hakim’s cramps was a complete mystery at the time. It turned out to be an electrolyte imbalance.
Matt likes jc.. would you carry her baby for her.. grow a sak man!
As for what Alana does, I think she mostly tries not to kill Shane as she has flashbacks to Fiji and the last time she had to babysit a man who was trying to impress her while cutting down trees for no reason.
Come to that, why didn’t Shane try cutting down the fruit trees if he wasn’t trying to show off to the ladies and the camera?
LOL. Maybe Shane was trying to show that in addition to acting like and ape he can climb like one. LOL. Thanks for the good information that Discovery neglects.
I regret that I said this attempt at sarcastic humor and I apologize to Shane. As the story unfolds, Shane proves to be a good and very tolerant person while the two hags attack him without mercy.
Are you a woman? Men don’t speak like that.. oh. Wait, you must have put your balls in a jar and got married; putz, you are a putz. Go kiss your bearded wife… cake eater..
J.C., you seem to have some strong human insight many others are missing.
People, this is NOT called battle of the sexes naked for a reason! Survival is NOT a man vs woman thing! We have seen how many episodes and seasons of PEOPLE make this work!
SO tired of hearing ppl slam Shane. None of that team is anywhere NEAR perfect, but Iwould not send a single living family member I love out there with that hardened, nasty, coattail riding witch. Lets be serious here.
Shane is obsessed with his victim role. He is 40 years old so give it up and take responsibility for himself. He behaves as if he has no free will of his own. He cannot change his crappy childhood and mistreatment. He can change himself and I hope he does. For his own good he needs to give up making a continued victim of himself. On a positive note, I have said before that Shane is a hard worker and has serious survival skills.
My insight in human nature comes from experience and being 77yo. I too had a crappy childhood, but I gave it all up at 18yo and built the life I wanted.
Alana & Danielle are sooooo lazy! Alana gets a turtle & waves it around but doesn’t want to eat it? If you don’t want to live off the land what the heck are you doing there?
Shane should leave them alone….let them tap out!
Honora is another spoiled brat..go home!
Agreed Carla!
Time proves in Episode 2 and three that you are right!
Well, if I may offer my insight as a 37 year old archer, it’s clear to me that whatever other extreme sports training Shane has, he has no idea how to use a real bow. His whining about needing a store-bought compound bow proved that.
Most serious archers I know dislike compounds, preferring recurves or longbows. The only real benefit you get from those store-bought jobs is more penetration power on impact because the pulleys and weights allow you to draw the string back easier than you could on a primitive bow. It does nothing to improve accuracy, which was clearly Shane’s problem.
Thank you for this new season, but I think the show should have started with a little win “WATER”, it’s 100 + at 11am so ya water and fire first or nobody makes it into day 4. The experts are not using what they should have learned or are not using it yet.
I hope there is better stuff on the cutting room floor (ya I know its not film anymore).
40 days are going to be tough like these 12 men and women but most of them started off on the wrong foot. I guessed the first guy out and I have the women down to the last 3. I hope week 2 is better or its going to be a show of what not to do. Good luck one and all.
Good to see you’re doing these commentaries again.
Re: Dani Beau being ungrateful about Shane’s fruit gathering for her.
Ignoring his general attitude that she and Alana should be licking his feet clean (truly selfless people don’t talk about how selfless they are to a camera, Shane!), she did have a legitimate point in that they can’t eat the fruit fresh off the tree – something Shane might have realized had he bothered to talk to either of the women who know more about plant lore than he does.
SPOILER ALERT!
According to Dani Beau on Twitter, she realized later that the fruit in question is highly poisonous. No idea if that is going to come up in the next episode or be edited out.
According to the extra info provided in the XL Uncensored edition, the fruit was similar to a papaya instead of a mango…just less sweet.
I can’t wait to see what gets edited out of each episode!
I have read that a certain percentage of the population is allergic/sensitive to certain types of tropical fruit, including mangos and papayas. I would think that the sensitivity could be at its greatest when the fruit is unripe, as the starches haven’t turned into sugars yet. One of the symptoms is a mouth sensitivity, which may have been why Chris reacted to Honora’s unripe fruit when he licked it. Just a thought…
Good thought! The first test for edibility of unknown fruit or anything else is too touch it to the tongue and if it doesn’t taste right; do not eat it! This is exactly what Chris did.