Warning: This article contains spoilers about the season premiere ofSurvivor 43.
Survivoris back, and in a big way.
Big in pretty much every respect.
Jeff Probst on ‘Survivor’ 43.Robert Voets/CBS
He also revealed how one player outsmarted not only the other contestants, but producers as well.
How was your approach different knowing how much time you had to work with?
JEFF PROBST:That’s a great observation.
Sami Layadi on ‘Survivor 43’.CBS
Episode 1 is always about introducing the players to the audience.
So it becomes a question of the context in which you get to know the players.
Sometimes we structure episode 1 so that we lose two players, sometimes we go with just one.
The cast of ‘Survivor’ 43.Robert Voets/CBS
For this premiere, we decided to go with just one Tribal Council.
What’s the philosophy in terms of how far to go down that path?
It makes me so happy that you notice these little moments.
The Baka tribe on ‘Survivor’ 43.Robert Voets/CBS
Our editors have free reign to go wherever their dramatic instincts or sense of humor takes them.
TheSurvivorediting teams are regarded as the best in the unscripted world.
And I don’t in any way mean this as a slight to any other show.
There are some insanely talented people making some wonderful shows!
So, we’d be foolish to not give them the autonomy to try whatever they want.
This team is nutzo good!
And hey, we should be, we’ve been doing this a long, long, time.
What was behind that change?
For this season, we decided to open it up a bit more and play around with those expectations.
AfterSurvivor43 andSurvivor44 have finished, it will be almost impossible to predict what might happen on a journey.
Is the game going left, right, up or down?
The player will never know, which is why the great players stay alert and flexible.
Then when a twist or unexpected event happens, they are ready to adapt and adjust accordingly.
Nobody ever thought of doing that, but Cody did.
It showed that Cody is both calm and wily.
That combination allowed him the clarity to see an opportunity and the ability to find a solution.
Am I crazy or was it just such a big build that my eyes deceived me?
That field is called Winston Field.
We use it a lot.
Finally, can you give us a tease for next week?
