Wie geht's?
Outlast is an American survival reality competition television series on Netflix that takes place in Alaska (don't they all). There aren't too many rules aside from the one that participants, who tend to be alpha/lone wolf types, have to be in a team. Team swapping can happen at any time.
Ma Belle recommended it, along with Naked and Afraid which we thought was just too silly. We loved watching Season one and two of Outlast though. Yes, there are spoilers approaching.
What I enjoyed most of season one was watching how quickly it turned into a Lord of the Flies scenario with one team turning to underhand and despicable acts to win. The winning team gets to share the prize of one million dollars - so there is a greed incentive for the players. After a few episodes the morally suspect and/or the evil doers start to emerge.
As I watched the eight episodes unwind, I was really hoping that the team who indulged in skullduggery didn't win. Really hoping. My moral sensitivities were well and truly affronted by that skullduggery. One competitor even tapped out because of what happened to others - to him I had the utmost respect.
In the end right won out and justice was served, but it was close. The person and the team who stole their competitors' sleeping bags were defeated by a team who did nothing to sabotage others.
That picture above, used by Netflix to publicise the show, is interesting. It has two of the four teams facing off against each other. Team Charlie is on the opposite bank to Team Alpha who have their backs to us as viewers (at least one of whom, the one in the middle, is a woman).
Who are the goodies and who are the baddies do you think?
The three men look vaguely menacing (one carries a bow and arrows), but the woman is also a hunter (she wears a quiver of arrows). She's also the only one not wearing a beanie.
As it turned out these were the last two teams and one outlasted the other. The final episode where they were in a race to reach a finish point was especially exciting.
Season 3 is not yet available on Netflix but I'll be looking out for it.
Love and peace - Wozza