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Courtesy CBS   At this point, Survivor 49 has turned into one long, predictable march to tribal with zero surprises and a cast that feels completely hollow. Episode 5, “I’m a Wolf, Baby,” continued the streak of being flat, boring, and lacking any real depth. The gameplay is one-dimensional and every vote-out feels telegraphed three scenes in advance. Honestly, this might be the most boring pre-merge of the new era — maybe ever. Yellow Tribe: Jason’s Dead in the Water The episode kicks off back at the yellow tribe, where Jason knows he’s dead in the water. He’s trying to pull something together to switch the numbers in his favor and decides to bond with Jawan — probably the worst ally he could possibly pick. Jawan’s also on the outs, but he doesn’t even realize it. His people will turn on him the second they need to, and he has no real say in anything. Even worse, Jawan doesn’t know he’s on the bottom, so there’s no real reason he’d lean Jason’s way. If he did, it would mean targ...

Courtesy: CBS This is my first written review of Survivor — or any reality TV show for that matter. I covered Big Brother 27 and recently dove into Survivor 49 on YouTube, but I’ve found myself needing to switch things up. Between my full-time job and running my main YouTube channel, Treeb Talks , I just don’t have the bandwidth to keep producing full-length videos for my second, reality-TV-focused channel. But I still want to get my thoughts out there about the shows I love from time to time — and I can bust out a written piece a lot quicker. Honestly, this decision was made easier because this season has been a complete dud so far. I’ve been so bored. The vote-offs have been predictable, and even with a tribe swap on episode 4 titled “Go Kick Rocks Bro,” that predictability couldn’t be saved. The Setup and the Swap They were gonna swap at this point regardless if they had a garbage tribe or a med evac, so that was pretty interesting to hear. I’m glad that production decided to do t...