Ranking the seasons

[bdawson123]

How would you guys rank the 6 seasons? From your favorite season to your least favorite, and why? I have only seen the first four so far but this is how I would rank them:

Endurance 3 Hawaii: I've heard that High Sierras (S5) is a good one but I'd be very surprised if I ended up liking it more than this. I really enjoyed this season.

Endurance 1: the original! I thought the top 3 teams were some of the better ones in all of endurance too

Endurance 4 Tehachapi: a little boring compred to season 3 but still interesting and had some good players. Just no great teams in this season imo

Endurance 2: don't remember much except for the brown team coming back to win. Seemed less exciting than other seasons

So what do you guys think?

[theacf12]

Endurance High Sierras is honestly drama central and its pretty fantastic!

[amplify26]

Let's just say that E1-E5 >>>>> E6 in my opinion. I'm going to rewatch E3-E6 soon, so I will have a better idea of how the other five seasons ranked.

[kwdrewfan]

1. E5 - as I explained in another post, more so than in any other season, for some reason I am just 100% engaged the entire time. Drama is A+ and I have an unexplainable fondness for this cast (problematic as some of them are)
2. E3 - a masterpiece, of course
3. E4 - I love a group of kids who get along! The camaraderie this season is what wins me over, even if it may have been one of the least exciting from a game standpoint.
4. E1 - classic season, awesome and memorable players; this one and E4 are actually very close in ranking for me. I could easily swap their placements.
5. E2 - I agree with you that this season feels lacking. Many players are interesting, but something about it has always been a little 'blah' for me?
6. E6 - weirdly enough I probably enjoy watching this season almost as much as E2 (unpopular opinion), but this one loses because it is objectively worse lol

[amicus]

6th: Endurance: Fiji
5th: Endurance: Tehachapi
4th: Endurance 1
3rd: Endurance 2
2nd: Endurance: High Sierras
1st: Endurance: Hawaii
            

[runesandribbons]

6th: Fiji
5th: Tehachapi
4th: E2
3rd: E1
2nd: High Sierras
1st: Hawaii

Based off of the twist and turns, the challenges, drama etc.

However, I hated all of the drama from Hawaii and High Sierras, so my personal list goes like this, based off of how well I liked the cast:

6th: Fiji
5th: High Sierras
4th: Hawaii
2nd/3rd: Tehachapi/E1
1st: E2

[endurancefan101]

1st: High Sierras
2nd: E1
3rd: E3
4th: E4
5th: E2
6th: Fiji

I love E1-E5 tho. They were all great seasons! E6 was whatever

[Cruise meerkat Youssy]

This is so hard to me. Objectively I'd say these are the BEST seasons:

1. Hawaii
2. High Sierras
3. E1
4. Tie between E2 and Tehachapi
5. Fiji

But my faves run like...

1. Tie between all five seasons
2. Fiji

LMAO

[endurancefan101]

Apr 25, 2017 20:51:30 GMT -5 Cruise meerkat Youssy said:

This is so hard to me. Objectively I'd say these are the BEST seasons:

1. Hawaii
2. High Sierras
3. E1
4. Tie between E2 and Tehachapi
5. Fiji

But my faves run like...

1. Tie between all five seasons
2. Fiji

LMAO

I agree with your second list!! LOL

[corleonecrazy]

My list

6th: definitely Fiji
5th: E2
4th: E1
3rd: high Sierras
2nd: tehachapi
1st: Almighty Hawaii (best season by Far)

[amplify26]

Apr 21, 2017 1:37:58 GMT -5 amplify26 said:

Let's just say that E1-E5 >>>>> E6 in my opinion. I'm going to rewatch E3-E6 soon, so I will have a better idea of how the other five seasons ranked.

So five years later I just watched the remaining four seasons, and I still affirm that E1-E5 >>>>> E6 in almost every single level, including enjoyment.
But within that list, my ranking goes a bit like this:

6. Endurance Fiji: I think they meant well with trying to change up editing techniques and adding excitement, but with fewer competitors and a shorter timeframe, we didn't get that much of a competitive season as we did before. Plus they threw twists like candy, so much so we can't know what is going on and had to hold onto our lives! Basically, a failure.

5. Endurance: (Someone had to be fifth, I'm sorry! Going from Fiji to Catalina Island is going from low B-tier/high C-tier to A-tier television, if that helps) endurance classic, and it started with a bang! This season had probably the best missions in my opinion; only Squeeze Play and Don't Drop the Ball dropped the quality level quite a bit. We have a bunch of great characters with pretty good editing throughout, so we got to know more about the contestants on the sidelines (beyond RYB). That could also be a hindrance because Red-Yellow-Blue basically had a stranglehold on the entire game, which might be enjoyable for some, but irritating for others.

=3. Endurance Tehachapi/Endurance High Sierras: Polar opposite seasons, but which I enjoyed rewatching in different ways. I can't really decide which one's better, but here's why both are stuck here:
----Tehachapi is a return to Endurance classic, in that it cut down on the twists and returned to seven teams. The main strength here is the cast; not only they had a sense of camaraderie throughout the season, but also a bunch of interesting character arcs to follow. Most notably, we have Purple learning to work together and Green breaking down despite being the strongest team, but we also saw Red navigate the social game well and Blue trying to lay low after losing their friends. I'm not a fan of the location in particular, and the missions are pretty mid-tier for the most part (though Spin Fly is absolutely amazing, and I liked a few others). That said, there's still compelling TV if you look hard, especially with "Hang 5".
----High Sierras dials the drama back up, as well as the cliquishness. However, there's a bunch of interesting characters amongst the mix (and those who hardly get a piece of screen time due to editing); though unlike Tehachapi, there's too many shades of gray throughout with hardly any purely good teams. The team switch was a wild twist; the Hot Potato/Move it Along sequence has to be amongst the best episodes because of the ramifications as a result. Missions aren't the best (with a bunch of running throughout), though there were a few highlights (the aforementioned Move it Along, but also All Tied Up and It's a Drag). It also has one of my favorite teams ever, the thread of karma pulling throughout, and an interesting ending.

2. Endurance Hawaii: The one season which everyone remembers, and for good reason! The heavy rain (I'm convinced moving the location from the beach to the jungle at the last moment was one of the best mistakes ever), the compelling characters, the interesting arcs, the missions--wow. The drama hit from the beginning and never let up, though a bit of strategizing gets lost among the way. We have probably the most iconic arc in the series in Monroe and Bryanah, their clashes with the popular clique, and how Orange disintergrated despite Demian getting the number one ball. Add some interesting twists and notable quotes, and you have a near-perfect season (near because the ending was...anti-climatic)

1. Endurance 2: J.D. said in the intro to this season that e2 would blow your mind away, and that's what happened! When I rewatched this season, I was impressed by a lot of it--the missions (mostly the Tide Pull/On the Ropes/Face to Face trifecta), the cast, the location (though I wouldn't have wanted to be on there too long)--all of them made for a compelling season. The twist bringing back Max and Jenna from the first season was huge and definitely shook up the season; it was interesting to see how they interacted with the new cast. There was drama, of course, but not enough so that the season was overwhelmed by it (that said, we never got an idea about what triggered Annie vs. Calley). With some strong story arcs throughout, e2 is not necessarily "my favorite" (as I love e1-e5 equally), but it's probably the most complete season. It had everything.

[Cruise meerkat Youssy]

I’d probably rank mine now as:

1. E4- nostalgia helps here because this is the first season I followed closely and watched as it aired, so that gives it a boost

2. E1- everything was so new and we really got to know something about almost everyone

3. E3- just iconic tbh lmao

4. E2- I love the cast a lot, but this one just isn’t quite as memorable for me as the top 3. There weren’t any HUGE moments besides the Max/Jenna reveal

5. E5- definitely a dramatic season to watch but two things bump it down: 1. The cliquishness of the cast, and 2. Half the cast barely got any screw time

6. E6- I mean… yeah

[endurance4]

For me my ranking would be:
1. Endurance Tehachapi
2. Endurance
3. Endurance 2
4. Endurance Hawaii 
5. Endurance Fiji
6. Endurance High Sierras