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Survivor 50 Premiere: Epic Party

Posted on March 4, 2026 by Erika

First off, my apologies on the delay on all of my recaps this past week. I’ve been battling a cold and it doesn’t seem to want to leave! I explain it in my Delayed Much? post.

Anyhoo… It’s finally time for the most anticipated season of Survivor—since Survivor 40: Winners At War! Happy Survivor Day to those who celebrate!

The premiere episode is three hours long so this is going to be a very long post. But I figured it’d be easier just to cover the highlights and my thoughts on the things that happen—instead of writing two parts and writing in more detail. Besides, by the time this is posted, the second episode is going to be coming out right away so instead of watching their recap in the first five minutes of the episode, you should read this instead. 😉🤭

Survivor 50 has begun and it brings back so many familiar faces and memories from the past twenty-five years and forty-nine seasons in Survivor history! It’s going to be one Epic Party!

If you haven’t already watched the episode yet, this will contain spoilers! If you don’t want to know—don’t scroll!

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Extracted, Other Shows

Extracted: Alone In The Wild

Posted on January 28, 2026 by Erika

I’m not sure how many of you watch Fox’s Extracted, but I figured since there’s only one episode per week of The Traitors US. The Traitors UK has now ended. There’s no Bachelor. And nothing until Survivor 50 and House of Villains, which don’t begin until the end of February. So, I figured I’d recap Extracted in the meantime. This is the recap for the first episode of the second season!

This show casts a lot of unknowns or “civilians”, but there are a few familiar faces this season, like THE Sandra Diaz-Twine who won Survivor twice and her daughter Nina Twine. Nina was on Survivor AU and Anonymous. As well as BB21‘s and The Challenge’s Analyse Talavera.

Filmed up in northern Ontario, Canada, families in HQ help their loved ones survive in the wilderness. The survivalist may or may not have any experience with surviving in the wild. Using strategic means, the family back at HQ provides survival tools that arrive in supply drops and help them in survival trials. The families are able to watch their loved ones on live feeds 24/7. (I’d be a natural at this.) They can even track their health. Alliances are formed. Families get screwed. The first season got very cutthroat, IMO.

They’re playing for $250,000! If their loved ones suffer too much, the family members in HQ and/or the survivalists can ask to be extracted and the family at HQ pushes the extraction button. But that also means they’re out of the game and lose their chance at winning the quarter of a million dollars.

Does that sound interesting to you? It did to me, so I hope you at least like my recaps.

Let’s get this season started! As usual, I speak in spoiler font, so if you haven’t watched and/or don’t want to know, look away now!

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The Traitors, The Traitors US

The Traitors US Season 4 Premiere

Posted on January 9, 2026January 21, 2026 by Erika

Guess who’s baaaack? It’s the fourth season of The Traitors US! If you’re a fan of the global phenomenon like I am, we’re in heaven right now!

The first three episodes dropped on January 8th! I was deliberating with myself on whether or not I should recap all three episodes in one post, or if I should do each episode separately, like I do with The Traitors UK.

After a lot of arguing back and forth with myself, I decided I’m going to post each episode separately. If I recapped all three at once, it’d be a novel. I’m wordy enough as it is, I didn’t want a loooooong post – which would really bore you. I don’t want to do that.

That being said, the first episode is titled, “Let The Cards Fall As They Will”. Hmm…if that’s not a sign of things to come, I don’t know what is.

As usual, if you haven’t watched the episodes yet and don’t want to be spoiled, look away now and come back later.

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The Traitors, The Traitors UK

The Traitors UK Season 4: Episode 1

Posted on January 2, 2026January 21, 2026 by Erika

A New Year…a new me? NO!

Why it’s a brand new season one of my favourite shows, of course! The Traitors UK returns with it’s fourth season – featuring a brand new cast of faithfuls trying to banish those murderous traitors!

I write in spoiler mode, so if you haven’t watched the episode yet, look away now and come back after you’ve watched the episode. (Unless you crave spoilers and must know ahead of time.)

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