I have watched multiple seasons of this show and it is pretty good. For me though, we spend way more time listening to these people and their sad stories about missing family than we do seeing their amazing survival skills! Personally, I don't watch the show because their dad died 3 years ago or their child has some sort of mental of physical ailment. Of course that should be part of the show. However, let's spend more time seeing these amazing shelters be built! Show us the gear these people brought and why! Tell us about changes to gear or survival they would've made prior to dropping out instead of "I miss my wife and kids". Of course they do, everyone does, but this is a survival show, what do you wish you did differently! They didn't leave because they missed mommy! They left because they were starving! For the record, I don't think I could survive weeks alone in a random wilderness. I am not criticizing the ability of these contestants! My criticism is of the producers of the show. 5 STARS for every participant in every season! 2.5 stars to the producers.