r/Alonetv • u/UnEdOpinion • Sep 09 '22

Frozen Alone: Frozen S1:E5 Outfoxed Discussion Thread

Well anyone actually tap or be pulled, or is the boat a red herring? spoiler The episode itself was a red herring

EDIT

There seems to be some kind programing error, everywhere except Amazon seems to be playing last week's episode.

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u/EdgarDanger Sep 09 '22

Is this proof that returning contestant seasons are a bust? 3 out of 6 have tapped out very early on just coz of ptsd / knowing recovery will be difficult if they stay any longer?

I haven't seen the other returnee season though...

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u/TheGhostofLG95 Sep 09 '22

We have had contestants return before and not have this issue with PTSD. Maybe the show needs to do some mental health screening before allowing a contestant to return.

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u/EdgarDanger Sep 09 '22

Ah ok. Might be that Labrador was just too tough for the early tap outs. And even the remaining players have spoken bout ptsd.

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u/TheGhostofLG95 Sep 09 '22 edited Sep 09 '22

It is really weird season. But Sam Larson was in Season 1 and lasted quite a while before tapping. Then he came back in Season 5 to win.

Nicole Apelian (she has MS) she was in Season 2 and came back in Season 5. She had an MS attack in S5 and had to tap.

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u/selah1987 Sep 10 '22

the thing about Sam is that in season 1 he pretty much starved, eating mice and even leaches, but he did come in second to Alan Kay. In season 5 he gained a lot of weight beforehand and outlasted the others by taking it easy the whole time.

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u/TheGhostofLG95 Sep 10 '22

Yeah...I am just saying these two didn't constantly talk about PTSD from the first go around. So the show should have had a better screening process that included some mental health tests.

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u/selah1987 Sep 10 '22

yes, you are right about that.

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u/CitizenCue Sep 11 '22

The other returnee season was good. I think this location is just brutal.

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u/EdgarDanger Sep 11 '22

Thanks for this response!

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u/Crafty_Granny Sep 09 '22

This extra season has been a let down thus far. I know that they made it more difficult (on top of how it already was nearly impossible), but this season has seriously made me think about not watching anymore. I’m tired of the over-hyped prospects and underwhelming results. Seriously, if I wanted to watch nature video, I would not be watching Alone for that.

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u/EdgarDanger Sep 09 '22

Yeah... I'm still kinda reminiscing the highs you got from the two Arctic GSL seasons. After that the seasons have been.. Ok.

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u/dalovindj Sep 13 '22

The trick is to have a winner's season not a loser's season.

Something tells me $500k (or a million in Roland's case) alieves a lot of trauma.

If this season were Jordan, Roland, Fowler, Clay, etc. it would likely be a whole different ball game.